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 Hell: A Vision from within

Introduction

Praise be to Allah, the One Whom we

ask for assistance and forgiveness. We ask for
Allah’s refuge to secure us from our own evil
selves, our wrong doings, and misdeeds; for
whomever Allah, His Almighty guides and leads
will never go astray, and whomever Allah, His
Almighty misleads will never find the right path.
I, also, testify that there is no God but Allah, the
Only, who has no partner, and I testify that
Muhammad is His prophet and His slave. }
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“O you who believe! Fear Allah (by doing all that He has ordered and by
abstaining from all that He has forbidden) as He should be feared. [Obey Him,
be thankful to Him, and remember Him Always,] and die not except in a state
of Islam (as Muslims) with complete submission to Allah.”( . )
“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person
(Adam,) and from him (Adam) He created his wife (Eve,)and from them both
He created many men and women, and fear Allah through whom you demand
your mutual (rights,) and (do not cut the relations of) the wombs (kinship)
Surely, Allah is Ever an All-Watcher over you”( . )
 . At the Beginning of the Road: Paradise was
the Goal

I was on the first steps of the path, the path of

Islam, which was at my early youth, gratitude and praise
be to Allah. I used to consider paradise as the place that I
should be working for. Probably, not only my hope, but
also my feelings were that I deserved it! I had the feeling
that the mere idea of hell and the thought of escaping from
it was not applicable to a person of my hard work and
prayers, for such a person as I am does not belong there,
by Allah’s will, and will not enter it. Therefore, such a
person does not have to fear it or to keep on asking Allah
to save him from it. However, If he does so, then he is
only following prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be on him, and imitating him, who himself asks
to be saved from Hell, with the assurance that he is not
one of its inhabitants. I have often felt, when I used to ask
for Allah’s forgiveness, that I haven’t committed deeds
that call for a so long regret, or a so much sorrow; Allah
has enabled me to give up, and apologize for the sin that I
have committed. This is repentance enough.

“O you who believe! Keep your duty to Allah and fear Him, and speak
(always) the truth. He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will
forgive you your sins. And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger
he has indeed achieved a great achievement (i.e. he will be saved
from the Hell-Fire and made to enter Paradise.)”( . - )
 I have continued thinking in such a way for quite a
period of my religious life. Then, when I began
comprehending The Holly Qu'oran, realizing the true
meaning of faith, the true meaning of sin, and started
studying the morals of the prophets, the virtuous men, and
the men of faith, the previous feeling of security started to
disappear slowly. My prime and final worry circulated
totally around escaping hell, and escaping what comes
before it of painful torture. As for heaven, the whole
heaven, namely paradise, there are other measures, and
efforts that my will, power, and devotion were way below.
Moreover, if I cry over the sins that I have committed,
from this day until I die, my sorrows will not be enough,
and if Allah’s mercy does not over shadow me with His
forgiveness, then I will be one of the losers. So how did
that happen?

. Comprehending the Meaning of Sin

A number of items caused me to go over my

previous thoughts and look at the subject from a new
perspective. The first reason that awakened my awareness
of my previous perceptions concerning heaven and hell, at
the start of my path, was my understanding of the meaning
of sin, and that disobeying Allah was an enormous matter.
One of the reasons of triggering such an understanding
was a sentence by a virtuous man that says: “Do not think
of how small the sin is, but think of whom you have
disobeyed.”
 I have found the proof of the previous sentence in
the qualities of the references and holly names of Allah,
indicating His perfection, His gifts, and His generosity
upon His creatures. His right, also, to be truly feared,
obeyed and not revolted against, thanked and not denied
the right to be worshipped, and to be remembered and not
forgotten. Who could perform all of those obligations, as
they should be? I found out that Allah, His Almighty,
warns His creatures of His punishment, and punishes for
sins, tiny or great. I became certain that Allah's rights over
His creatures are mightier and bigger than all the duties He
asks from them, and that all are subjects to His Mercy and
ready at His orders, and that His Almighty,
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. Why Is Sin a Serious Crime?

Sin is indeed very great in itself for it is a rejection

to an order from God the One and Only, the Creator of the
skies and earth, the Creator of everything. He is the God
and the Owner of everything. He is the One to whom
everything else is a subject. To Him everything is base and
low. He is the Domineering over His creatures. He is all
wisdom and all experience, who is aware of every matter,
be it minute or big. He is
the One knowing each person's deeds, and is aware of
every particle in the skies or on earth. The greatest angels

“So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. And none will bind as
He will bind.”( . - )
fear Him, His Almighty, and the skies are about to explode
of fear.
Allah is the One who holds the skies in their
places, and the earth in its own orbit. None of His
creatures know anything about Him, yet He is aware of
whatever goes on within the minds of His creatures. He
knows their wishes and the temptations within His
creatures’hearts. He is the One who is all mercy and all
knowledge, and accepts nothing from His creatures but
total submission and complete surrender to Him.
Allah is the One who is generous with His
creatures and worshipers, His generosity is endless and
His gifts are bountiful. He humiliates whomever He
wishes of His creatures a matchless humiliation. He
punishes whomever He wishes of His creatures, a
matchless and an unimaginably endless punishment: }
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He is The God who has restricted creation and the
power of will to Himself; non-but He creates. Non but
Him has the ability to create a minute atom, a tiny grain,
or a fly. He is The One who can please His creatures or
harm them. Non but His Holly self that can please His
creatures or harm them according to His own non-
negotiable will. He is The God, whose creation of the
earth and the skies did not tire Him the least, and whose
control over them and keeping them in their specified, and
designated places and orbits does not cost Him the least of
fatigue.
Who else but Allah can keep the sun in its
designated and specified orbit? Whoever else but Allah

Refer to Note No.

who could keep the moon, the planets, and the galaxies
circulating within their own orbits? Who created such a
precision? Allah says: }
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owner of all, The organizer of the whole universe, non has
assisted or helped Him creating the universe, or keeping it.
He is The creator of everything in this universe, its keeper,
and its protector. He is The One who can destroy the order
of this universe, and replace the earth and the skies
whenever He wishes. Allah says: . }
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Allah, His Almighty, also says: . . }
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“Verily! Allah grasps the heavens and the earth lest they move away from
their places, and if they were to move away from their places, there is not one
that could grasp them after Him. Truly, He is Ever Most Forbearing, Oft-
Forgiving.”
“When the Heaven is cleft asunder. And when the stars have fallen and
scattered. And when the seas are burst forth (got dried up). And when the
graves are turned upside down (and they bring out their contents.) (Then) a
person will know what he has sent forward and (what he has) left behind (of
good or bad deeds.) ( : - )
“When the sun Kuwirat (wound round and lost its light and is overthrown.)
And when the stars shall fall; And when the mountains shall be made to pass
away; And when the pregnant she-camel shall be neglected; And when the
wild beasts shall be gathered together; And when the seas shall become as
blazing Fire or shall overflow; And when the souls shall be joined with their
bodies; And when the female (infant) buried alive (as the pagan Arabs used to
do) shall be questioned. For what sin she was killed? And when the written
pages of deeds (good and bad) of every person shall be laid open; And when
the heaven shall be stripped off and taken away from its place; And when
Hell-Fire shall be kindled to fierce ablaze. And when Paradise shall be
 }
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This God, The Almighty, has described himself in
the holly Qu'oran saying: }

( : ){. His Almighty said also: }

( : ){. In
another Surrah, in the holly Qu`oran, Allah says: }

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brought near, (Then) every person will know what he has brought (of good
and evil.) ( : - )
“When the heaven is split asunder, And listens and obeys its Lord, -and it
must do so; And when the earth is stretched forth, And has cast out all that
was in it and became empty, And listens and obeys its Lord, -and it must do
so.”( . - )
“Indeed your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six
Days and then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (really in a manner that suits
His Majesty.) He covers the night with the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He
created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His Command, Surely, His is
the Creation and Commandment. Blessed be Allah, the Lord of the A`lameen
(mankind, jinns, and all that exists.)”( . )
“Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He,) the
Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither
slumber, nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens
and whatever is on earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with
His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this
world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never
compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi
extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding
and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.”( . )
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His Almighty also says: }
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holly, almighty, and all power God is a great issue, and
violating the obligations towards Him is truly a great sin.

“Allah, it is He Who has created the heavens and the earth, and all that is
between them in six days. Then He Istawa (rose over) the Throne (in a manner
that suits His Majesty.) You (mankind) have none, besides Him, as a Wali
(protector or helper) or an intercessor. Will you not then remember (or be
admonished?) He arranges (every) affair from the heavens to the earth, then it
(affair) will go up to Him, in one Day, the space whereof is a thousand years
of your reckoning. That is He, the All-Knower of the unseen and the seen, the
All-Mighty, the Most Merciful. What made everything He has created good,
and He began the creation of man from clay. Then He made his offspring
from semen of no value fluid (male and female sexual discharge.) Then He
fashioned him in due proportion, and breathed into him the soul (created by
Allah for that person,) and He gave you hearing (ears,) sight (eyes,) and
hearts. Little is the thanks you give!
“Allah is He Who has created the heavens and the earth and sends down
water (rain) from the sky, and thereby brought forth fruits as provision for
you, and He has made the ships to be of service to you, that they may sail
through the sea by His Command; and He has made rivers (also) to be of
service to you. And He has made the sun and the moon, both constantly
pursuing their courses, to be of service to you; and He has made the night and
the day, to be of service to you. And He gave you of all that you asked for,
and if you count the Blessings of Allah, never will you be able to count them.
Verily! Man is indeed an extreme wrongdoer. ( : - )
 . Allah’s rights over His creatures are much
more than what He orders them to do.

Another fact which makes violating Allah’s orders

a very great issue, and a great sin is that Allah’s rights
over His creatures are much more than what He orders
them to do. Allah is the creator of all creatures. He is The
One who takes care of their affairs. He is The One who
bestowed upon them the gift and the blessings of being at
the beginning. Every other blessing later on is from Him,
His Almighty. He is the One and Only who is all giving to
all of His creatures. He is The One who nourishes and
educates them with His mercy. They have no god but Him,
and no creator but Him.
Whatever Allah orders His creatures to perform is
His own right upon His creatures; He created them, and
initiated their livings from nothing. Yet, Allah the
Almighty does not order them to do but what can be done.
He also orders His creatures to follow what is for their
own benefit. Moreover, when Allah orders them, He does
so while He is in no need for their worship. In fact,
worshipping Him is one of the gifts He bestows upon His
creatures, for it is the cause for their purging from their
sins, and lifting them to a higher level. It is also a reason
to bestow upon them His mercy, forgiveness, and reward.
Consequently, the sin of the person who disobeys is of a
very great magnitude. It is an overwhelming sin, since it is
a revolt against The God who has given plenty, treated His
creatures with the utmost generosity, created, bestowed
upon His creatures, and who is the most merciful with His
creatures.
 . Islam is the only religion that Allah accepts
from His creatures.

The only religion that Allah accepts is Islam,

which means a total, complete, and unconditional
submission to Allah, by believing in Him and complying
with His orders. Allah, His Almighty, says: }
( : ){. Allah also says: }
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Islam is the religion that Allah accepts for His
creatures, ( : ){. } It is the religion of the
angels, and every obeying creature. Allah says: }
( : ){. It is also the religion of the skies
and the earth. Allah says: }
( : ){. As for
those creatures that do not willingly obey Him, then they

“Truly, the religion in the Sight of Allah is Islam.”( : )

“And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of
him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.” ( : )
“And have chosen for you Islam as your religion.”( : )
“They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.”
( : )
“Then He (rose over) towards the heaven when it was smoke, and said to it
and to the earth: ‘Come both of you willingly or unwillingly.’They both said:
‘We come, willingly.’”( : )
obey Him forcibly: }
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. Denying Allah’s message and advice is a

blasphemy, and refusing His orders is a
blasphemy too.

Whoever denies Allah’s messages, or any of the

divine secrets that He has informed us of, then he has
blasphemed. Also whoever rejects Allah’s orders and
refuses to comply with them because of obstinacy or pride,
then he has blasphemed also. The first sin that Satan
committed against Allah was of the first type; he rejected
an order, and a command. Allah, His Almighty has
ordered him to prostrate to Adam, but he said: }
( : ) {. Satan, Allah’s curse be upon him,
has not denied any of Allah’s divine secrets or His
Almighty’s powers, his sin revolves around a refusal to
obey an order from Allah, His Almighty due to arrogance
and pride. Satan thought that such a command conflicts
with reason, for how could it be that the better prostrates
to a creature of a lower quality; after all, he was created
from fire while Adam was created from earth. Satan's

“Do they seek other than the Religion of Allah (the true Islamic
Monotheism-worshipping none but Allah Alone,) while to Him submitted all
creatures in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly. And to Him
shall they all be returned. ( : )
“He said: ‘Shall I prostrate to one whom You created from clay?’”( : )
reasoning is very wicked and wrong. Therefore, when
Satan insisted on his decision, Allah, His Almighty,
ordered him to leave Heaven, cursed him forever, and
denied him His mercy. Satan's sin was a refusal to comply
with a divine order; as a result he blasphemed, and was
denied Allah's mercy.
The second sin was committed by Adam when he,
forgetfully and unintentionally, violated Allah’s order, as
Allah The Almighty says: }
( : ){. Furthermore, Adam did not insist
on his violation or even tried to justify his actions, for he
immediately apologized and offered his repentance to
Allah, The Almighty. Allah, His Almighty describing the
incident, says:
. }
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When Adam and his wife admitted to their sin, repented
instantly, and asked for mercy, Allah, His Almighty,
accepted his apology and helped him follow the right path.
Anyone investigating Adam’s guilt, finds out that
it was a violation of a divine order only, for eating from a
tree in heaven is not a sin by itself, has it not been a
violation against Allah, the One who ordered Adam not to
eat from that particular tree.

“And indeed We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We
found on his part no firm will-power.”( : )
“And their Lord called out to them: ‘Did I not forbid you that tree and tell
you: Verily, Satan is an open enemy unto you?’They said: ‘Our Lord: We
have wronged ourselves. If You forgive us not, and bestow not upon us Your
Mercy, we shall certainly be of the losers.’”( : - )
 . Worshipping Allah and being devoted to Him
means obeying His orders whether
reasonable to us, human beings, or non-
reasonable.

Worshipping Allah is obeying His order, be it

trivial or of a great importance, whether it makes sense to
the human beings or not, for Allah, His Almighty, is aware
of what He is allowing, and forbidding. In other words, a
truly religiously devoted human being cannot be so
devoted unless he obeys, non-negotiable, without
hesitation, or reconsideration of his creator’s orders. A
human being should not even consider posing questions
such as: Why has He ordered me to do this? Why has He
forbidden me from doing that? For if a creature follows
only what his common sense allows, then his adherence is
to his common sense and reasoning, not to his god,
creator, and benefactor.
A human being follows what his mind and his
heart dictate upon him when deciding on the most intricate
matters concerning his life and body, better yet, a human
being could go the hardest way if his whims, or emotions
drive him there. Therefore, if obeying Allah is controlled
by the whims of the mind, the heart, or the emotions, then
the ones that are truly worshipped are the mind, the heart,
and the emotion, but not Allah His Almighty. That is not
the case with true worship, for a true worshiper should
obey his God against the whims of his mind, his heart, and
his emotions.
 As a matter of fact, Islamic religion is based upon
the denial of whatever the self likes, favors, and prefers,
and also a denial of whatever accords with the human
beings’opinion: That is the true worship of Allah.
However, there could be some items in the religion that
coincide with the human beings’reasoning. But Allah, His
Almighty, wishes His creatures to worship Him according
to His own rules and regulations, not according to what
they see with own eyes, reason with own minds, or what
their hearts desire.

. Abraham, peace be upon him, is the paragon

and the example of the immediacy of
performing Allah’s, The Almighty’s order.

There is Allah’s prophet Abraham, peace be upon

him, the one that Allah has chosen to be Emam to
humanity in general. Allah has chosen him to be the father
of all the prophets. Abraham, peace be upon him, has
reached such a high status in Emamah because he was
given divine orders that did not accord with the human
understanding and thought, yet he carried them out exactly
the way that Allah, His Almighty, wished. Allah, His

The leader in faith, devotion, and obedience. He is the model to be

followed.
The leadership itself that was awarded to Abraham, Allah’s peace upon
him, due to his honest belief in Allah, His Almighty.
Almighty, says: }
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He was ordered, Among the orders that do not
make sense to the human mind, to abandon his wife,
Hajar, along with her son Ishmael in a deserted and
uninhabited land that does not have anything at all, which
is Mecca. Nobody at all was with them, no food, but a
sack of dates, and no water but a water skin. Then he
returned alone to the northern region, to Damascus.
Such a divine order and a command to
Abraham, peace be upon him, does not accord with the
human beings’common sense. In other words, if a person
were to act in such a way, because he wanted to, then
whatever he has done would have been considered a crime
and a sin in itself. Also, Allah’s, His Almighty’s,
command to him to slaughter Ishmael, his eldest son,
peace be upon him, at the prime of Ishmael’s youth, was
answered instantly, without the least hesitation,
reconsideration, or delay. Yet, it would be a serious crime
and a great sin for any human being to slaughter his own
child, his first born, without the divine order to do so.
Emam Al-Bukhari, Allah’s mercy be upon his
soul, narrates, according to Ibn A’bbas, may Allah be
pleased with them who said: “The first woman ever to

“And (remember) when the Lord of Abraham (Allah) tried him with
(certain) Commands, which he fulfilled. He (Allah) said (to him), “Verily, I
am going to make you a leader (Prophet) of mankind.”( : )
The son and the father.
have worn the Mintaq was Hajar. She used the Mintaq in
order to wipe off her foot tracks, in order not to be traced
by Sarah. Then Abraham brought her along with her son
Ishmael, when Ishmael was an infant, until they arrived at
the location of the Holly House to be, at a flat area on top
of Zamzam, at the upper end of the mosque to be. There
weren’t a single soul in Mecca then. There weren’t either
food or water at that place then. He left with them dates in
a sack and water in a waterskin. Then, he returned.
Ishmael’s mother followed him and said, ‘Abraham!
Where are going, abandoning us in this deserted valley?’
She repeated her question many times, but he did not look
back at her. Then she asked him: ‘Has Allah ordered you
to do so?’He said: ‘Yes.’She responded: ‘Then He is not
going to leave us astray.’She went back. Then Abraham
continued walking until he reached a turn on the way,
where they could not see him. He faced the House and
prayed to Allah saying: }
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Then Ishmael’s mother started breast-feeding
Ishmael, and drinking from the water that Abraham, peace
be upon him, left her, until it was all gone. After a little
while she got thirsty, along with her son. She couldn’t

Mintaq is a rather long dress, tide high from the front but let down, on the
ground, from the back. The long “tail”that is let on the ground helps in
wiping off the foot tracks of the person wearing it.
“O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley with no
cultivation, by Your Sacred House (the Ka`ba at Mekka,) in order, O our
Lord, that they may offer prayers perfectly, so fill some hearts among men
with love towards them, and provide them with fruits so that they may give
thanks.”( : )
stand looking at her baby crying for water, so she walked
away being unable to look at him in that situation.
Reaching Al-Safa, which is the closest hill to her, she
mounted it standing on the top facing the valley in case
she could find anyone, but she didn't. Then she descended
Al-Safa Moving towards the valley. When she was at the
valley, she raised the bottom-end of her over-dress and
exhausted herself walking until she passed the valley.
Then she arrived at Al-Marwah, and mounted it looking in
case she could find anybody, but she did not see a single
soul. She went through the same procedure for four
times.”Ibn A’bbas said that the Prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, said: “That is the reason for
the people’s walk between them.”
“At the end of the seventh round, when she was at
the Al-Marwa, she heard a noise, so she said: ‘Be quiet!’
Talking to herself. Then she heard the same noise over and
over again. So she said: ‘You have made yourself heared,
if you have got help.’Then, there was an angle at the
Zamzam's spot. He dug a hole with his feet, or ‘he said,’
with his wing until the water sprang out of it. So, she
started surrounding the fountain with sand barriers, using
her hands, and filling her water-skin, while the water was
flowing out spontaneously as she scoops off.”Ibn A`bbas
said: “the Prophet, Allah's peace and blessings be upon
him, said: ‘May Allah sheds mercy over Ishmael’s mother,
for had she let Zamzam-‘or said: ‘Hadn't she scooped the
water from Zamzam, it would have become a plentiful
oasis.’He said: “She drank and breast-fed her infant. Then
the Angel said to her: ‘Do not be afraid of getting lost, for
this is Allah’s house that this boy and his father will build,
and Allah will not allow the people of this house to be
lost.’
The house was on high grounds that the water
floods either to its right or to its left. They lived alone for a
while, then a convoy from Jorhum or a family from
Jorhum arrived, coming from Kedae’s direction. They
were heading towards the lower parts of Mecca, and saw a
bird circulating in the sky. They said: ‘This bird must be
circulating around water, and we know that this valley has
no water.’So they sent one or two groups to check. They
found the water and went back telling their people about
it, who in their turn came to look. Ishmael's mother was at
the water then, so they asked her: ‘Would you allow us to
reside by you?’She answered: ‘Yes.’Then Ibn A’bbas
said, that the Prophet, Allah's peace and blessings be upon
him, said: “Their desire gave Ishmael's mother a sort of a
homage feeling for she liked company.”So they resided
and sent for their families who came and resided with
them, and many families then inhabited the place.
The boy grew up to become a young man, learned
the Arabic language from them, and was the center of their
admiration and pride. When he reached the age of
marriage they wedded him to one of their women. Then
his mother died. After Ishmael's marriage, Abraham came
to investigate about his family. He did not find Ishmael, so
he asked Ishmael's wife about her husband. She said: ‘He
went to get something for us.’Then Abraham asked her
about their life and conditions of living. She complained
saying: ‘We are human beings! We are in need and
misery!’Abraham responded saying: ‘When your husband

An Arabian tribe in the Arabian Peninsula.

comes extend my greetings to him, tell him I said, Al-
Salaam A`laikom , and tell him to replace the step at his
door.’
When Ishmael arrived, he felt something and
asked his wife: ‘Has anyone visited us?’She said: ‘Yes, an
old man who looks as such and such , asked about you,
and I answered him. Then he asked about our life, and I
told him that we are suffering a hard and a difficult life.’
Then Ishmael asked: ‘Did he tell you to do anything?’She
said: ‘Yes. He asked me to extend his greetings and to say
Al-Salaam A`laikom, to you. He also said that you should
replace the step at your door.’Ishmael said: ‘That was my
father, and he has ordered me to leave you! Go to your
family. You are divorced!’So Ishmael divorced his wife
and got married to another, from the same people.
Then, after quite a while Abraham, peace be upon
him, visited them, but did not find Ishmael, So he asked
his wife about him. She said: ‘He went to get something
for us.’Abraham asked: ‘How are you living, and what is
your food?’She said: ‘Meat!’He asked her: ‘How about
your drink?’She responded: ‘Water!’He prayed: ‘May
Allah bless your meat and water.’
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, said: ‘In those days there was no grain, otherwise he
would have prayed for them regarding it.’Therefore, and
as a result to live only on water and meat, became
naturally healthy to the people of Mecca, while it is
unbearable anywhere else. Then Abraham said: ‘When
your husband returns, tell him I said, Al-Salam A`laikom

“Peace be upon you.”

Describing Abraham, Allah’s peace be upon him.
and order him to keep the step at his door.’Then, when
Ishmael came back, he asked: ‘Has anyone visited you?’
She said: ‘Yes, a dignified old man visited us.’She also
praised Abraham more, and continued: ‘He asked me
about you, and I answered. He also asked about our living
conditions, and I told him that we enjoy a nice life.’
Ishmael asked: ‘Has he asked for anything?’She said:
‘Yes. He extends his greetings to you, says Al-Salam
A`laikom, and requests from you to keep the step at your
door.’Ishmael said: ‘That was my father, and he asked me
to keep you.’
Then, after another period of absence, Abraham
came to them and found Ishmael sharpening an arrow in a
green area close to Zamzam. When Ishmael saw Abraham,
he stood up and greeted him the way a son greets his
father. Then Abraham said: ‘Ishmael! Allah has ordered
me to build a house here.’Pointing at a high ground. So
they erected the bases of the house. Ishmael brought the
stones, passing them to Abraham, who in turn started
putting them on top of each other, building the house.
Then, when the walls were higher than Abraham’s reach,
he placed this stone, got on it, and continued building the
house, while Ishmael was handing him the stones. They
prayed to Allah saying:
( : ){. } So they continued
building the house, going around it in circles to finish all
the surrounding walls praying to Allah : }

“Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us. Verily! You are the All-Hearer,
the All-Knower.”( : )
 ( : ){ The previous Hadeeth was narrated by Al-
Bukhari.

. The worshipping part in Islam is very great.

While, Al-Shareea`ah that was revealed to

Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
accords, in general, with the human wisdom and common
sense, nevertheless the worshipping part is very great.
Worshipping rules, such as the times of prayers, number
of raka`at , the shape of the prayers in general, Zakat
being a must for some types of profits, but not all, the
exact measure and amount of Zakat, and the proper way of
fasting. Pilgrimage procedures, as well, ranging from
circling the Kaa`ba, walking from Al-Safa to Al-Marwa,
and vice versa, kissing the Black Stone, standing or
waiting in A`rafat, spending the night in Al-Mozdalefa,
and stoning. All of those worshipping procedures are
meant to test the human beings’loyalty and obedience to
their God and Creator, His Almighty.

Refer to Note No. .

Prophet Mohammed’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
statements.
The Islamic constitution, according to the revelations of the Holly Qu`oran,
and prophet Muhammad’s Hadeeth, and teachings.
The process of bowing for a while, and then standing up straight.
Alms giving… ..
 Moreover, the aim of applying, and accepting the
application of religious punishments is, in itself
worshipping of Allah, His Almighty through accepting His
orders, and avoiding whatever He orders us to stay away
from. Also, abstaining from what Allah, His Almighty has
consecrated as forbidden, and practicing only what Allah,
His Almighty, has allowed is worshipping. Allah has
forbidden usury, but allowed trade. A merchant could earn
, while a usurer could make only . Yet the fact
remains, that trade is allowed, but usury is forbidden.
Another example is that a woman is ordered not to mourn
over a dead person for more than three days, regardless of
how dear or close that person is to her, such as her son, her
brother, or her father. However, she should mourn her
husband for four months and ten days.
There must be a higher wisdom and reason for
every divine order and consecration, which we could be
informed of, lead to, or be hidden from us. The human
being should listen and obey in all conditions. However, if
a person depends on his perception, understanding, and
knowledge of the purpose for any order, Then this person
cannot be a true worshiper of Allah. Moreover, if such a
person refuses a divine consecration, thinking that it is
illogical, unreasonable, and cannot be comprehended by
the human perception, then this person is an atheist and a
blasphemer. His blasphemy would be of Satan’s kind,
whose only crime was refusing a divine order due to
blasphemy, arrogance, and pride.
 . The overall concept of the meaning of guilt.

When a slave realizes his god as He should be

realized; as his creator, the One providing him with all his
necessities, taking care of all of the slave’s needs, the One
and Only who can really hurt or please him, who knows
every matter that the creature declares to people, or keeps
as a secret from them, the One who created him in a
certain moment, and knows exactly the moment of his
death, and the One that a creature cannot live without His
help for a single second, then this creature is totally aware
that it is Allah’s right over His creatures to be obeyed. It is
then, that a person realizes Allah’s rights; to be truly
worshipped, thanked not denied His rights, remembered
not forgotten, and feared as He should be.
A true worshiper should not delay in satisfying any
of Allah’s rights, neither should he deny them. Any
moment of negligence, or forgetfulness in remembering
Allah is a sin, not appreciating and thanking Allah for one
of His bountiful gifts is a sin, and violating Allah’s laws,
no matter how small or great this violation is, is a sin. For
Allah has ordered His creatures to fear Him, as He should
be feared, since He is The God, The Deity, The One who
is aware of every single soul’s deeds. Allah, His Almighty
says: }

( : ) {.

“Whatever you (O Muhammad ) may be doing, and

whatever portion you may be reciting from the Qu`oran, -and whatever deed
you (mankind) may be doing (good or evil,) We are Witness thereof, when
you are doing it. And nothing is hidden from your Lord (so much as) the
 Allah, His Almighty, is totally aware that His
creatures will not be able to worship Him as He should be
worshipped, or to fear Him as He should be feared,
therefore He obligated them to perform what they can. His
Almighty says: ( : ){ } So anyone
neglects, or forgets the possible obligatory remembrance
of Allah is a sinner. The Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “Any group of people gather
at a place, and they end their gathering without
remembering Allah, then such a meeting will be a great
sorrow and grief on the Day of Judgement.” Could there
be a grief for anything else, but for neglecting a duty?
Anyone falls short of thanking a gift that he
realized is a sinner, even if that gift were a sip of water
that he has not thanked Allah for. His Almighty says: }
( : ){. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, said to “Abu Baker,”
and to “O`mar,”when they were all driven out of their
houses due to hunger, and were invited by an Ansari ,
who offered them some dates, and cold water: “This is one

weight of an atom (or small ant) on the earth or in the heaven. Not what is less
than that or what is greater than that but is (written) in a Clear Record.”( :
)
“So keep duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can; listen and obey.”
( : )
Al-Termethi, and Abo-Dawood.
“Then, on the that Day, you shall be asked about the delight (you indulged
in, in this world.) ( : )
A “Meddina”resident is called Ansari because in the Arabic language,
Naser, which is also a quality of Allah, His Almighty, means a supporter, and
helper.
of those gifts, and you will be asked about on the Day of
Judgement.” Moreover, whoever disobeys Allah, no
matter how small or great his disobedience is, will have to
answer to it, unless Allah, His Almighty forgives him.
Therefore, if the sin that is attributed to prophets and
messengers is related to the latter-namely disobedience,
yet not so intentional in disobeying Allah, but as different
from the former-or a lapse for a moment of the perpetual
remembering, or thanking, then it is not great at all.
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’peace and blessings be upon
him, said: “My heart is subjected to a Ghan , and I repent
to Allah more than a hundred times, a day”
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, used to
pray in the middle of the night standing till his feet suffer
of blisters. When he was asked about it, he, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him said: “Shouldn’t I be a thankful
slave.” Therefore, whoever is aware of Allah’s rights
upon His creatures, and Allah’s right to be glorified, the
more His gifts upon His creatures are realized. He
becomes certain that Allah, His Almighty’s, rights upon
His creatures are; to be remembered not forgotten, to be
appreciated and thanked not be neglected and blasphemed
against, to be obeyed not revolted against, and to be feared
as His Almighty should be, then a slave realizes the
meaning of disobedience and sin.

Al-Termethi, and Ibn-Majeh.

To be covered with an extremely thin layer, indicating the restless effort of
Satan to divert the human beings from the Right path, the path that Allah, His
Almighty has chosen for His slaves.
Moslem, and Abo-Dawood.
Moslem, Ahmed, Al-Termethi, Al-Nessae’I, and Ibn-Majeh.
 . A Sin is punishable.

Every person disobeys Allah, His Almighty, will

be subjected to torture, unless Allah forgives him. A
believer could be punished in this life and subjected to
several tests and punishments, in order to clear away his
guilt and raise him to a higher status in the hereafter.
Allah, His Almighty, could also punish some of His
prophets in this life for a small sin they have committed,
for example;

A. Adam, peace be upon him, and his sin of

violating a divine command.
Adam’s sin, peace be upon him, was only a
disobedience of the divine order by eating from
a tree, that he was ordered not to eat from. This
disobedience of Adam’s was not, and Allah
knows the best, a vile deed in itself or a sin, but
it was a violation of a divine command, for
Allah, His Almighty, has permitted Adam to eat
from all the trees in heavens, except this one. In
other words, eating from this particular tree does
not cause intoxication, it is not harmful for the
body or the soul, it is not robbing anybody of his
or her right, or any of the behaviors that are
qualified as sins. Yet, it was a sin according to
Allah’s statements, Who knows the best, in
disobeying Allah, His Almighty, and obeying
Satan, of whom Adam was warned. Allah says:
 ( : ){. } Allah
also says:
( : ){. However, some of
the results of Adam’s sin are heavy pains in life
such as; Adam’s and his wife’s departing
Heavens, and being exposed, along with his sons
to whatever they are facing in life until the day
of Judgement.

B. Noah, peace be upon him, and Allah’s

preaching to him.
Then, there is Allah’s prophet Noah,
peace be upon him, who is referred to as a
“thankful slave,”by Allah. Noah is one of those
most enduring prophets who remained
worshipping Allah, His Almighty, for nine
hundred and fifty years, during which he
suffered heavy sadness, and severe harm. Allah,
His Almighty, says: }
( - : ){. When Noah, peace be
upon him, prayed to Allah, His Almighty,
saying: : ){. }

“And indeed We made a covenant with Adam before, but he forgot, and We
found on his part no firm will-power.”( :
“And their Lord called out to them (saying): “Did I not forbid you that tree
and tell you: Verily, Satan is an open enemy unto you?”( : )

“And indeed Noah invoked Us, and We are the Best of those who answer
(the request.) And We rescued him and his family from the great distress.”
( : - )
 ( Allah, His Almighty, answered him: }

( : ){. Therefore, the virtuous worshiper

says: }
( : ){.
So, Noah, peace be upon him,
admitted to his guilt, and that he asked for
something that he has no knowledge of.

C. Yonus, peace be upon him, and his

imprisonment inside the whale.
There is Yonus also, peace be upon
him, who was punished for leaving, and
deserting his people, who did not only refuse to
believe in him, but also hurt him, without asking
Allah for His permission to leave. As a result, he
was imprisoned inside a whale until Allah’s, His
Almighty’s, mercy delivered him out of his
prison, weak and ill as he was. Allah, His
Almighty, says: }
( - : ){ Allah, His Almighty, also

“O my Lord! Verily my son is of my family! And certainly, Your Promise

is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges.”( : )
“O Noah! Surely, he is not of your family; verily, his work is unrighteous,
so ask not of Me that of which you have no knowledge! I admonish you, lest
be one of the ignorants.”( : )
“O my Lord! I seek refuge with You from asking You that of which I have
no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have Mercy on me, I would
indeed be one of the losers.”( : )
“Had he not been of them who glorify Allah, he would have indeed
remained inside its belly (the fish) till the Day of Resurrection.”( : - )
 says: }
.
( - : ){.

D. Threat of punishment for accepting bales for

the release of the prisoners of war.
Allah, His Almighty, has also blamed
our prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, for accepting ransoms
for the release of the prisoners of war. The
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, said: “I was shown your torture, closer than
this tree.”
Emam Ahmed narrated that A`bd-
Allah bin Abi Thana Abu Noah said, according
to A`kremah Bin Thana Sammak Abu Zameel,
according to Ibn A`bbas said, according to
O`mar Ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased
with him, who said: “When it was the day of
Bader , the Prophet looked at his friends, who

“And (remember) Dhan-Nun (Jonah,) when he went off in anger, and

imagined that We shall not punish him. But he cried through the darkness
(saying): La ilaha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O,
You Allah,) Glorified (and Exalted) be You] above all that (evil) they
associate with You.] Truly, I have been of wrongdoers. So, We answered his
call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers
(who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work
righteousness.) ( : - )
Narrated by Ahmed.
The first battle that took place between the Moslims and the nonbelievers,
in the Holly month of Ramadan. The Moslems came out victorious, through
the help of Allah, His Almighty.
 were a little more than three hundreds, and
looked at the polytheists, who were more than a
thousand. So he, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, turned himself towards Al-qebla ,
stretched his hands, while he was wearing his
upper vest, and his lower wrapper, and said: ‘O
Allah, where is your promise? O Allah, exercise
your promise. O Allah, if this group of Muslims
is destroyed, You will never be worshipped on
earth.’He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, continued praying, asking, and begging
until his vest fell off him. So, “Abu-Bakr”
picked up the vest and covered him with it, and
said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, enough praying and
asking your Allah, for He Will do what He
promised you.’Allah, His Almighty, then
revealed; }
( : ){.
When they fought, Allah, His
Almighty, defeated the polytheists, of whom
seventy men died, and seventy were captured.
Therefore, prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, consulted Abu-Bakr
and O`mar, may Allah be pleased with them.
Abu-Bakr said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, these are
our kinship, and brothers; therefore, I think if

The direction of Mecca. It is an obligation in Islam to face the direction of

Mecca in prayers.
“(Remember) when you sought help of your Lord and He answered you
(saying): ‘I will help you with a thousand of the angels each behind the other
(following one another in succession.’”( : )
 you accept a ransom, we will be in a more
powerful position over the atheists, and lets hope
that Allah, His Almighty, will lead them to the
right path, so they will be good supporters.’So,
Allah’s prophet said: ‘What do you think, Ibn
Al-Khattab?’I said: ‘By Allah’s name, I do not
agree with Abu-Bakr’s opinion. I believe if you
permit me to cut that person’s neck , permit A`li
to cut A`qeel’s neck, and permit Hamza to cut
that person’s neck in order that Allah will
know that there is no kindness in our hearts
towards the polytheists.’Those people were
their strongest, their chiefs, and their leaders;
therefore, Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, preferred Abu-Bakr’s
suggestion, may Allah be pleased with him, over
mine, so he accepted the ransom.”
“On the next day,”O`mar said: “I
went in the morning to the Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, and found him
sitting with Abu-Bakr, they were both weeping!
So I said: ‘O Prophet of Allah, tell me what
causes you and your companion to cry? If it
makes me cry then I will, otherwise I will cry
because of your crying!’The Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘I was
shown the result of accepting the ransom in your
companions. Your torture was revealed to me
closer than that tree.’It was a close tree. Then

A relative of O`mar’s.
Hamza’s brother.
 Allah, His Almighty, descended the following
revelation, from Allah, His Almighty, was: }
( : ){. up to
Allah’s, His Almighty’s, Ayah: }
( : ){.
Then, the spoils of wars were permitted.
But on Ohod’s Day of the following year they
were punished for what they had done on
Bader’s Day; accepting the ransom. Seventy
were killed, the Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, friends fled, his, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, upper th tooth
from the front was broken, his helmet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, was crushed
over his head and the blood ran over his face,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and
Allah, His Almighty revealed the following
Ayah;
( : ){. } for
accepting the ransom.”

“It is not for a prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them
with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the
land.”( : )
“Were it not a previous ordainment from Allah, a severe torment would
have touched you for what you took.”( : )
A very important battle that took place between the Moslems and the
nonbelievers.
“(What is the matter with you?) When a single disaster smites you, although
you smote (your enemies) with one twice as great, you say: ‘From where does
this come to us?’”( : )
 . Prophets, peace be upon them, fear sins that
we would consider as God-obeying deeds.

Prophets, peace be upon them, are afraid of sins,

which would be regarded as kinds of worshipping if they
were committed by anyone of us. Who wouldn’t like to
have committed what Abraham, peace be upon him,
committed when lied at his statue-worshipping people
when he said to them: ( : ){. } , and his
statement: ( : ){ } in order to destroy their
statues, and bring them to their senses?
Who wouldn’t like to say about his wife that she
is his sister, in order to save her and himself from a tyrant
non-believer who wanted to kill him and take away his
wife? Yet, Abraham, peace be upon him, says, on the Day
of Judgement, apologizing not to ask for Allah’s mercy,
fearing his sin: “I have lied three times.”
Consider also, prophet Moses, peace be upon
him, who is considered to be one of the prophets who
suffered a great deal delivering Allah’s message . He kills

Narrated by Ahmed.
“Verily, I am sick (with plague. He did this trick to remain in their temple
of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan’s feast.)”
( : )
“Nay, this one, the biggest of them (idols) did it.”( : )
( )". " Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
a person, though it looks on purpose but it was not at all.
He, peace be upon him, does not kill that person
intentionally, but in fact accidentally, and while defending
another person whose right was usurped. That particular
incident occurred before the revelation, yet he says: }
( : ) {. He
remains afraid of his action until the Day of Judgement,
when he says: “My God is so angry today to the point that
he hasn’t been before, and he will not be after, and I have
committed a sin, for I have killed a person I was not
ordered to kill.” Who wouldn’t like to do just like
‘Mossa;’defending a man from his own people against
tyranny?

. Fear of Allah increases with the increase of

faith, and decreases with the decrease of
faith.

The fainter the feelings are, and the farther the

distance from the light becomes, the faster the feeling of
guilt disappears. The non-believers blaspheme, and
commit all sins and crimes gladly, laughing about those
sins. The hypocrite, and the immoral person regards his
sin as tiny flies, if he waves only one of his hands, he will
drive them away, while, on the other hand, the believer

“’My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, so forgive me.’Then He

forgave him. Verily, He is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”( : )
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
fears his sin as if it were a mountain about to fall over him.
Anas Ibn Malik, who lived for quite a while after the death
of prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, used to say: “You commit deeds, that we used
to consider as great sins, during the days of prophet
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
while you consider them to be thinner than hair.”

. Sorts and types of punishments for

disobeying believers.

Every sin is punishable, unless Allah, His

Almighty, decides to forgive. Allah, His Almighty, says:
( - : ) {. . }
Some sinful believers could be punished in Hell, in the
grave, or on the Day of Judgement, for small sins, and for
great sins that some people consider as small. Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings upon him, narrated of a
woman who is in Hell because of a cat that she imprisoned
until it died of hunger, and about a person who was
murdered while in the Prophet’s, Allah peace and
blessings be upon him, company, who was thought to be a
martyr, by the prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, companions. But the Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him said: “No. I see him in Hell, for a

“So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant,)
shall see it. And whoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small
ant,) shall see it.”( : - )
vest that he had unlawfully taken.” The value of the
aforementioned vest wasn’t worth even four Derhams.
Another punished believer is a man who says a word that
he does not think much of, but because of Allah’s anger
this word throws him seventy years down in Hell.
There is also a very great number of believing
women who fall in Hell because they curse a lot, and do
not thank their husbands for what their husbands provide
them with. Moreover, there are men who gossip and allege
that their Muslim brothers have said something that they
have not actually said. Those liars will be imprisoned in
Radghat Al-Khabal Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, says: “Whoever interferes to
overrule a punishment that Allah has ascribed, then he is
up against Allah. And whoever fights, or becomes an
opponent to a person while he is wrong, and he is aware
that he is wrong, then Allah’s anger is upon him until he
stops. And whoever says about a believer something that
is not true, then Allah will place him in Radghat Al-
Khabal, until he goes back on whatever he has said.”
The threats of great pain to the sinful believers
cover all violations, small and great. A person who
intentionally murders a human being, Allah, His
Almighty, threatens him that; }

Narrated by Moslem.
{ } Which is a hole, where the dirt, pus, juice, and sweat of the
people of Hell is collected..
Narrated by Al-Termethi.
 ( : ){ A usurer is
also threatened in the following Ayah; }

( : ) {.
The people who treasure money, and do not pay the Zakat,
or charity are also threatened by His Almighty, in the
Holly Qu`oran that; }
.
( : ) {.
Regarding the subject of Zakat, one of the five
pillars of Islam, prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “Any owner of gold or silver,
who does not pay the set amount from each for Zakat, then

“And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to abide

therein, and the Wrath and Curse of Allah are upon him, and a great
punishment is prepared for him.”( : )
“Those who eat Riba (usury) will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection)
except like the standing of a person beaten by Satan leading him to insanity.
That is because they say: “Trading is only like Riba (usury,) whereas Allah
has permitted trading and forbidden Riba (usury.) So whosoever receives an
admonition from his Lord and stops eating Riba (usury) shall not be punished
for the past; his case is for Allah (to judge,) but whoever returns (to Riba:
usury,) such are the dwellers of the Fire-they will abide therein.”( : )
“And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz the money, the Zakat of
which has not been paid,] and spend it not in the Way of Allah, -announce
unto them a painful torment. On the Day when that (gold, silver, etc.) will be
heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their
flanks, and their backs: (and it will be said unto them): ‘This is the treasure,
which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard?’”( :
- )
on the Day of Judgement they will become plates of fire,
‘fueled,’and heated in Hell’s fire, by which his side, his
forehead, and his back will be burned. Whenever these
plates cool down, they are returned to Hell, and back to
him, on a day that equals fifty thousand years, until all
judgements are all passed onto the creatures, and his way
is seen whether to Eden or to Hell.”
Whoever usurps, with his own hand, a Muslim’s
right, even if it were as trivial as a stick of Arak , then
Allah destinies him to Hell, and forbids him from Heaven.
Allah, His Almighty, says: }

( : ) {. Accordingly, prophet Muhammad,

Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever
takes away, with his own hand, a Muslim’s right, then
Allah destinies him to Hell, and forbids him from
Heaven.”So, a man inquired: “Even if it were very small-
O prophet of Allah? He replied: “Even if it were a stick of
Arak.”
The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, saw one of his companions wearing a golden
ring, so he pulled it off his finger, and threw it away
saying: “A person intentionally heads for a live coal and

Narrated by Moslem.
A kind of a tree, the roots of which are used as tooth brushes.
“Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant
and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter (paradise.) Neither
will Allah speak to them, nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor
will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.”( : )
Narrated by Moslem.
puts it on his hand.” There was also a woman who
belonged to the people of Hell because she used to hurt
her neighbors with her tongue. A poor man, who was one
the Mohajereen , was tortured in his grave because he
died owing two Dinars, and he remained in torture until
‘Abu-Qatadah’paid off the man’s debt.
Another man is tortured in his grave because he
does not protect himself from his own urine, and another
is tortured because he distributes Namimah , among
people. He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, also
said: “A qattat , will not be allowed into Heaven.” Also,
“A qattae` will not be allowed into Heaven.” Also, “A
person who has as much as an atom of pride within his
heart will be denied the entrance of Heaven,”for “pride is
refusing justice, and robbing people of their rights.” Such
a behavior is abundant among human beings. My Allah I
plea to You to forgive me, to over look my sins, and take
refuge with You, away from my evil soul and evil deeds.

Narrated by Moslem.
Muslim immigrants from Mecca who settled in Medina.
Namimah is the act of informing people of what is being said about them,
while they were absent, to create hatred within the society.
A person hears something and goes to the person talked about and informs
him, not as an advice, but in order to create a fight.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari
A person who does not keep-up a good relationship with his family.
Narrated by Moslem
Narrated by Moslem
 In one of the narratives, regarding the
punishments of sinful believers, the prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him said: “Two came to me tonight
and asked me to follow them, they told me: ‘Proceed.’I
proceeded with them. We came across a man lying down,
with another standing over him with a rock in his hands,
that he throws the rock on the man’s head, the head is
smashed, the rock rolls over, the man follows the rock and
picks it up. The moment he goes back to the other man,
who is laying down, the head is back again in its normal,
healthy condition, so he does the same again. He said: ‘I
said: ‘Glory to Allah, what are those?’He said: ‘They
said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’
So, we proceeded to find a man lying on his
back, with another standing over him with an iron hook.
The man starts with one side of his face, and shreds it
all the way to his back, his nose to his back, and his eyes
to his back. Then he moves to the other side and does the
same, as he has done with the first side. The moment he is
done with the second side, the first side is back intact, so
he does as he did before. He said: ‘I said: ‘Glory to Allah,
what are those?’He said: ‘They said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’
So, we proceeded to find something that looks
like a tanoor , and I think He said: ‘There were voices
and screams inside it, so we looked, and found naked men,
and women, with flames below them. When the flame
blows towards them, they scream. He said: ‘I said: ‘What
are those?’He said: ‘They said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’

The man standing on the shore.

The laying Man.
A furnace.
 So, we proceeded to come across a river I think
he said: ‘It was as red as blood.’There was a man
swimming in it. On the edge of the river was a man who
has collected by him many rocks. The swimming man
swims as much as he can, then he approaches the other
one, who has collected all those rocks, and opens his
mouth very wide, so he throws a rock into his mouth.
He swims away, then comes back to him. Every time he
returns, he opens his mouth very wide to him so he
throws a rock into his mouth. He said: ‘I said: ‘What are
those?’He said: ‘They said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’
So, we proceeded to find an unpleasant-or the
most unpleasant-looking man I have ever seen who has a
fire that he feeds and walks around. He said: ‘I said: ‘What
is this?’He said: ‘They said: ‘Proceed, proceed.’So, we
proceeded, to get to a bountiful meadow. In the meadow
there was a tall man whose head was so high in the sky
that I couldn’t see it. Around that man were boys, that I
haven’t seen as many before. He said: ‘I said: ‘What is
this? What are those?’He said: ‘They said: ‘Proceed,
proceed.’
So, we proceeded, to a great meadow, That I
haven’t a seen neither a greater, nor a better one before.
He said: ‘They said: ‘Go up!’So I went up. He said: ‘We
ended up at a city that is built with a brick of gold, and a

The man standing on the shore.

The swinning man’s.
The man standing on the shore.
The man standing on the shore.
The swimming man’s.
brick of silver. We arrived at the city’s gate, asked for
permission to be let in, so it was opened for us. We went
in and were welcomed by men, part of their bodies is as
the most handsome you could ever see, and the other part
is as the ugliest you could ever see.’He said: ‘They were
told to jump into that river.’He said: ‘It was a river
running across. Its water was in the purest white. So they
went and jumped in. Then they came back, recovered from
that ugliness, looking their best.’
So, He said: ‘They said: ‘This is Eden, and that
is your residence.’So I looked high to see a palace that
was as white as a white cloud. They said: ‘This is your
residence.’So I said: ‘May Allah bless you, let me go in.’
They said: ‘Not now, but you will.’So I said to them: ‘I
have seen wonders tonight. So what have I seen?’They
said to me: ‘We will tell you. As for the first man whose
head was being broken, is the man who reads the Qu`oran
but rejects it, and sleeps off the prescribed prayers. The
man, you have seen, whose nose, eyes, and the side of his
face were torn off, is the man who leaves his home early
in the morning, and lies, a lie that is as high as the horizon.
The naked men and women you have seen in a place,
which looks like a furnace, are the fornicators. The man
you have seen swimming in the river, and thrown with a
rock inside his mouth, is the usurer. The unpleasant
looking man you have seen at the fire, feeding it and
walking around it, is Malek, the trustee over Hell. The tall
man, in the meadow, is Abraham. The children around

“They were told to [go and] jump into the river.”

him, are the children who died embracing nothing but the
natural innate belief .”
In Al-Burqu`ani’s narrative: “Were born
embracing the natural innate belief. So some Muslims
said: “O Prophet of Allah, how about the children of the
polytheists.”The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, responded: “Even the children of the
polytheists. As for the people whose half is ugly, and the
other half is good, they have mixed good deeds with bad
deeds. Allah has forgiven them.”

. The status of the believer, between fear and

hope.

I have always heard, during my early years of

learning, that the believer should be in fear, and in hope, in
fear, of punishment, and hoping for Allah’s, His
Almighty’s, forgiveness and His rewards in Heaven. Just
like the other learners of the canonical law of Islam, I used
to listen to the Ayat, and the Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, Hadeeth, concerning such
punishments and rewards. Promising Ayat, and threatening
Ayat, Hadeeth of good news, and Hadeeth of bad news.
But, like many people, I used to favor hope over fear, and
trust over worry, and then I finally discovered that it was
only a temptation. Then, I realized that fear comes first,

The pure natural, innate belief as Allah, His Almighty, has created them.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
and lasts forever, for whoever does not truly fear Allah,
His Almighty, as He should be feared, is far off the
meaning of faith.
I have conceived that understanding after
definitely realizing that all believers are afraid, for the
angels who are Allah’s, His Almighty’s, best creatures are
afraid of disobeying Allah, His Almighty. The prophets,
who are the choices of Allah, His Almighty, are in a
permanent fear of Allah’s, His Almighty’s torture. The
most honest believers are in a permanent fear, and worry
of torture. There is no security for a believer, but after
entering Heaven. Allah’s, His Almighty’s, address to its
people: “I bless you with my forgiveness, for I will never
be angry at you,” but not before that.

. The angels fear punishment.

Allah, His Almighty, refers to the angels as

completely obedient, and loyal creatures. Allah, His
Almighty, says: }
( : ){. His Almighty also says: }
( : ){. In a reference to the

“Surely, those who are with your Lord (angels) are never too proud to
perform acts of worship to Him, but they glorify His Praise and prostrate
before Him.”( : )
“But if they are too proud (to do so,) then there are those who are with your
Lord (angels) glorify Him night and day, and never are they tired.”( : )
strongest, and toughest angels, who are described to be
( : ){ } , Allah, His Almighty says in the Holly
Qu`oran: ( : ){. } Yet, they
are in constant fear of Allah, His Almighty. They are
constantly alert not to disobey Him. They are horrified,
and terrified since that day, when Allah has created Hell.
Allah, His Almighty, referring to them says: }
: ){. .
( - In the Qu`oran, those angels are threatened with
Hell for a disobedience. Allah, His Almighty, says: }
. .

( - : ){.
Eblees , was, once, a worshiper of Allah along
with the other higher angels, but when he disobeyed his
Creator, and refused to comply with His command and

“stern (and) severe”( : )

“Who disobey not, (from executing) the Commands they receive from
Allah, but do that which they are commanded.”( : )
“And to Allah prostrate all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth,
of the live moving creatures and the angels, and they are not proud [they
worship Allah with humility.] They fear their Lord above them, and they do
what they are commanded.”( : - )
“And they say: 'The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son.’Glory to
Him! They (those whom they call children of Allah, such as the angels, Jesus,
etc.) are but honored slaves. They speak not until He has spoken, and they act
on His Command. He knows what is before them, and what is behind them,
and they cannot intercede except for him with whom He is pleased. And they
stand in awe for fear of Him. And if any of them should say: ‘Verily, I am an
Ilah (a god) besides Him (Allah,)’such a one We should recompense with
Hell. Thus We recompense the offenders. ( : - )
Satan.
kneel to Adam, he ended, as Allah, His Almighty, narrates
in the Holly Qu`oran, His Almighty says: }
.
.
. .
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( - : ) {.
When Eblees refused to listen, but to his own
pride and obstinacy, and was determined not to repent for
his sin, taking a pledge upon himself to mislead Adam,
and his sons, Allah, His Almighty, said to him: }
( - : ){. His Almighty,
also, said to Eblees: }

“And surely, We created you (your father Adam) and then gave you shape
(the noble shape of a human being,) then We told the angels, ‘Prostrate to
Adam,’and they prostrated, except Eblees, he refused to be of those who
prostrate. (Allah) said: ‘What prevented you that you did not prostrate, when I
commanded you?’Eblees said: ‘I am better than him, You created me from
fire, and him you created from clay. (Allah) said: ‘get down from this
(paradise,) it is not for you to be arrogant here. Get out, for you are of those
humiliated and disgraced.’) Eblees) said: ‘Allow me respite till the Day they
are raised up (The Day of Resurrection.) (Allah) said: ‘You are of those
allowed respite.’(Eblees) said: ‘Because You have sent me astray, surely I
will sit in wait against them, on Your Straight Path. Then I will come to them
from before them and behind them, from their right and from their left, and
You will not find most of them as thankful ones.’(Allah) said: ‘Get out from
this (Paradise) disgraced and expelled. Whoever of them (mankind) will
follow you, then surely I will fill Hell with you all.”( : - )
“(Allah) said: ‘The Truth is, and the Truth I say, that I will fill Hell with
you (Eblees) and those of them (mankind) that follow you, together.’”( :
- )
: ){.
( -
If Eblees had destroyed his previous
worshipping, along with his rank among the angels, with
only one sin that he refused to give up, became an enemy
to Allah, His Almighty, and was very obstinate.
Consequently, his punishment was an everlasting Al-
la`nah , destined to be in Hell forever, and to be a failure
in life and after-death. Then the end of ‘Eblees,’is, as His
Almighty, narrates in Surat Abraham, }

{ : ){.
Therefore, how can anyone of Allah’s, His
Almighty’s creatures be sure that he will not be deceived
by his own self, betrayed by his thought, blinded by his
selfishness and temptation, to become one of the
irretrievably lost, because of only one sin that he insists
upon, which drives him away , from worshipping Allah,

“(Allah) said: ‘This is the Way which will lead straight to Me. Certainly,
you shall have no authority over My slaves, except those who follow you of
those who go astray. And surely, Hell is the promised place for them all. It has
seven gates, for each of those gates is a (special) class (of sinners) assigned.”
( : - )
A total depravation of the mercy of Allah, His Almighty.
“And Satan will say when the matter has been decided: ‘Verily, Allah
promised you a promise of truth. And I too promised you, but I betrayed you.
I had no authority over you except that I called you, so you responded to me.
So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can you help
me. I deny your former act in associating me as a partner with Allah. Verily,
there is a painful torment for the offenders.’”( : )
By using his own reasoning.
His Almighty. So many worshipers and learned men were
deceived by their own selves, and listened to Satan, to
become submissive followers of the Devil. So many wise
and knowledgeable people, better yet obeying and
repenting worshipers, were mislead by Satan. Allah, His
Almighty says:
. }

( - : ){.
Concerning the people of Saba , Allah, His
Almighty says: ( : ){. }
Referring to A`ad , His Almighty says: }
( : ){. So,
consider how had Satan tempted them, bearing in mind
that they were wise and thoughtful people.

“And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat (proofs,
verses) but he threw them away, so Satan followed him up, and he became of
those who went astray. And had We willed, We would surely have elevated
him therewith, but he clung to the earth and followed his own vain desire. So
his description is the description of a dog: if you drive him away, he lolls his
tongue out, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his tongue out. Such is the
description of the people who reject Our Ayat. So relate the stories, perhaps
they may reflect. ( : - )
An area located in old Yemen.
“And indeed Eblees did prove true his thought about them, and they
followed him, all except a group of true believers.”( : )
A`ad is the city where Hood, Allah’s peace be upon him, was sent as a
messenger from Allah.
“And A`ad and Thamood! And indeed is clearly apparent to you from their
(ruined) dwellings. Satan made their deeds fair-seeming to them, and turned
them away from the (Right) path, though they were intelligent.”( : )
 The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, said: “Many of my followers, whom I know and
who know me, will be restrained off my Pool , and will
be taken towards Hell, so I say: “My friends, my friends.”
Then I am told: “They are not your friends. You do not
know what they had committed after you . So I say:
“Away with them, away with them.”
The angels, the ones that Allah, His Almighty,
has restrained in obedience, has obliged to worship Him,
and has gifted with piety and fear, are obeying Allah, His
Almighty, as He desires, not as they wish. Our Prophet,
Allah’s and blessings be upon him, liked Gabriel. How
couldn’t he while Gabriel was the Prophet’s, Allah’s
peace and blessing be upon him, teacher. Allah, His
Almighty, says, in Surrat Al-Najem: }
( - : ){. How couldn’t he, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, have liked him, while Gabriel
was his devotee, and friend. Allah, His Almighty, says:
( : ){. }

Prophet Mohammed, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, is promised

a “pool”called Al-Kawthar. Any Muslim, given a drink from this pool will
never feel thirsty. Prophet Mohammed, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, is the one who actually hands these drinks to those distinguished
Muslims.
After your death.
Narrated by Moslem, and Ahmed
“He has been taught (this Qu`oran) by one mighty in power (Gabriel,) free
from any defect in body and mind, then he (Gabriel) rose and became stable.
While he (Gabriel) was in the highest part of the horizon.”( : - )
“… But if you help one another against him (Muhammad , )
then verily, Allah is his Lord, and Gabriel, and the righteous among the
believers, -and furthermore, the angels-are his helpers.”( : )
How couldn’t he, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, have liked him, while ‘Gabriel’was with the prophet,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, in his wars, in
front of him, and to his right. Our prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, used to say to ‘Gabriel:’
“wouldn’t you visit us more than you do!” Consequently
Allah, His Almighty, revealed the following: }"
( : ){.
Therefore, if Gabriel, Allah’s, His Almighty’s
trustee over His Almighty’s revelation, and His messenger
to the messengers, is not allowed to descend to earth but
by a permission from Allah, and does not visit
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, but
by an order and a command, then how about the angels’
obedience to their God, His Almighty? There is Also
Esrafeel who has picked up the Horn , has lowered his
forehead, has listened carefully, and has waited for Allah,
His Almighty to issue the order of blowing the Soor. How
long has he been in such a position, fully obedient, and
restricted to Allah’s, His Almighty’s order. They all fear
Allah, His Almighty. Allah, His Almighty says: }

Narrated by Al-Termethi, and Ahmed.

“And we (angels) descend not except by the Command of your Lord. To
Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us, and what is between
those two, and your Lord is never forgetful.”( : ) “The Hadeeth was
narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Esrafeel is the angel appointed to blow into the “horn,”signifying the
beginning of the everlasting life, the true life that starts with death itself.
 ( : ){. It is mentioned that they have
been in constant fear since the creation of Hell.

. Allah’s prophets and messengers fear

punishment.

The prophets, and messengers are the most

fearing human beings of Allah, His Almighty, the most
worried of His punishment, and the speediest runners to
His refuge. Yet they were the most devoted, obeying, and
worshipping. There is Adam, who, since eating from the
forbidden tree, has been in a continuous fear of the
punishment, although he fearfully repented, took refuge
with Allah, His Almighty, and was tested by being driven
out of Heaven, and having to lead a hard life on earth.
When he meets his children, on the Day of Judgement,
they ask him to be their mediator, and ask Allah for His
forgiveness, saying: “Adam! You are the father of all
human beings. Allah has created you with His own hand,
made the angels kneel for you, and has taught you the
names of everything, won’t you ask Allah to forgive us!”
Their father, Adam responds: “Isn’t your father’s sin the
cause for you’re being driven out of Heaven? Go to
someone else.”
In the long Hadeeth of mediation, each prophet
is in fear of Allah. The Emam Al-Bukhari narrates,
according to Abu-Horairah, who said: “We were with the

“They fear their Lord above them, and they do what they are commanded.”
( : )
prophet of Allah, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, in an invitation. He was given the arm , which he
used to favor, so he hardly tasted it and said: “I am the
leader of the people on the Day of Judgement. Do you
know why? Allah will gather the first and the last on one
surface, so each will see the other, and each will hear the
other. The sun will be very close, and the people will feel
unbearable, and intolerable sadness and sorrow. The
people will say: ‘Can’t you feel your situation? Can’t you
see what happened to you? Won’t you look for someone to
ask your God to forgive you?’So, some of them will say
to the others: ‘Your father, Adam.’They go to him and
say: ‘O Adam, you are the father of all the human beings.
Allah, has created you with His hand, breathed into you
from His spirit, ordered the angels so they prostrated to
you, and resided you in Heaven, won’t you ask your God
to forgive us? Can’t you see our condition, and what we
are going through?’He says: ‘My God is so angry today,
that He has never been before, neither will He be later on,
and He ordered me to stay away from the tree, but I
disobeyed. Myself, myself, myself, go to someone else, go
to Noah.’”
Therefore, they go to Noah, and say: ‘O Noah,
You are the first messenger to the people on earth. Allah
has called you a thankful slave; can’t you see our
condition? Can’t you see what happened to us? Won’t you
ask your God to forgive us?’He says: ‘My God is so
angry today, that He has never been before, neither will
He be later on, and I have asked for a punishment to befall

Mutton.
upon my people. Myself, myself, myself, go to someone
else, go to Abraham.’
They go to Abraham and say: ‘O Abraham, you
are Allah’s prophet, and dearly close to Him, of all the
people on earth. Ask your God for forgiveness for us,
can’t you see our condition?’He says: ‘My God is so
angry today, that He has never been before, neither will
He be later on, and I have lied three times . Myself,
myself, myself, go to someone else, go to Moses.’

Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the
Sake of Allah when he said, "I am sick," and he said, "(I have not
done this but) the big idol has done it." The (third was) that while
Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed
by (the territory of) a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man
(i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So, he sent
for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?"
Abraham said, "She is my sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said,
"O Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth except
you and I. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you
are my sister, so don't contradict my statement." The tyrant then called
Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold of her with his
hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah.
"Pray to Allah for me, and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked
Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take hold of her for the
second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and)
was more confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for
me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah again and he became
alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and
said, "You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a
devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah
came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing
with his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has
spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or immoral person) and gave me
Hajar for service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying,
 They go to Moses and say: ‘O Moses, you are
Allah’s messenger, Allah has given you advantages over
the people by His messages, and speech. Ask your God for
forgiveness for us, can’t you see our condition?’He says:
‘My God is so angry today, that He has never been before,
neither will He be later on, and I have killed a soul, that I
was not ordered to kill. Myself, myself, myself, go to
someone else, go to Jesus.’
They go to Jesus and say: ‘O, Jesus, you are
Allah’s messenger, and His command that He bestowed
onto Merriam. You talked to the people while you were in
your cradle, ask your God for forgiveness for us, can’t you
see our condition?’He says: ‘My God is so angry today
that He has never been before, neither will He be later on.
Myself, myself, myself, go to someone else, go to
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.’
So they come to me and say: ‘O, Muhammad,
you are Allah’s messenger, the final prophet, and Allah
has forgiven all of sins, the earlier, and the later. Ask your
God for forgiveness for us, can’t you see our condition?’
So, I go, and get beneath the throne, and fall in prostration
to my God. Then Allah awards me, through praying to
Him and praising Him, an award He has never given to
anyone before. Then it is said: ‘Muhammad, raise your
head, ask and you will be granted, ask for forgiveness for
others and you will be granted.’So, I raise my head, and
say: ‘O, God My people, O God my people.’Then it is
said: ‘Muhammad, take into Heaven, through the right

"That (Hajar) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs,
the descendants of Ishmael, Hajar's son)."
Unlike the others, Jesus does not mention a sin.
gate of the gates of Heaven, the ones who have no
punishment, and they will share the other people through
the others, except for this gate of all gates.’Then he said:
‘By the one who owns my soul, the distance between the
leafs, of one gate of Heaven, is as the distance between
Mecca, and Hajer, or as the distance between Mecca and
Bosra.”
Therefore, if this is the situation of the
messengers on the Day of Judgement, then how about the
others; the sinners and disobeyrs. He, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, was the most righteous worshipers
of Allah, His Almighty, the one who fears Him, His
Almighty, the most, the one who knows the most about
His Almighty, and the one from whose chest, a sound, as
the boiler’s, was used to be heard, due to crying.

. True believers are in perpetual fear of Allah’s

punishment, until they enter paradise.

When I read the Qu`oran, I found out that Allah,

His Almighty, has described His faithful, believing
worshipers, that they are in permanent fear of His torture,
are alert and alarmed not to fall in torture at any moment,
and in a continuous worry of what is waiting for them. I
found out that Allah, His Almighty, refers to His faithful
worshipers as in the following Ayah: }

Agreed upon.
 ( - : ){. Worry is the far end of
fear, and the utmost of terror. I also found out that Allah,
His Almighty describes His faithful worshipers as: }
. . .
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Those believers are afraid, although they pray,
fast, and are charitable. In Musned it is mentioned that
the mother of believers, Um Al-Moe’meneen A`esha,
may Allah be pleased with her said: “O Prophet of Allah,
are the ( : ){ }, the same ones who
steal, commit fornication, drink alcohol, and fear Allah,
His Almighty?”He, said: “No, O Abu-Bakr’s daughter.
But he is the one who prays, fasts, and gives away charity
while he is in fear of Allah, His Almighty.” Ibn Katheer,
may Allah bless his soul, in his interpretation of }

“And those who fear the torment of their Lord. Verily! The torment of their
Lord is that before which none can feel secure.”( : - )

“Verily! Those who live in awe for fear of their Lord. And those who
believe in the Ayat (proofs, verses) of their Lord. And those who join not
anyone (in worship) as partners with their Lord. And those who give that
(their charity) which they give with their hearts full of fear, because they are
sure to return to their Lord. It is these who race for the good deeds, and they
are foremost in them.”( : - )
Compilation of Emam Ahmed of True Hadeeth.
Mother of believers, as all Muhammad’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, wives are considered to be.
Are the ones who give out in charity whatever they can, with fearful hearts.
Narrated by Al-Termethi.
 ( : ){. says that, along with their charity,
faith, and good deeds, those live in anxiety, fear of
Allah’s, and the uncertainty of what He, His Almighty, has
prepared for them. Al-Hasan Al-Basri said: “The believers
has encompassed charity and worry, and the non-believer
has encompassed hostility and security.”
Yes, I have found out that only the non-
believers, and the hypocrites; the ones who are mislead by
their own selfish egos and who consider their sins as good
deeds, feel safe and secured. Moreover, since Allah, His
Almighty, has provided them with wealth and progeny,
then His Almighty will also be generous with them in the
life after-death. I have also found out that Allah, His
Almighty, has revealed to us the dialogue of the people in
Heaven, and their memories of their first life such as, }
. .
( - : ){.

. Great examples of believers fearing Allah’s

punishment.

A. Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased

with him.

“Verily! Those who live in awe for fear of their Lord.”( : )

“Saying: ‘Aforetime, we were afraid with our families (from the
punishment of Allah.) But Allah has been gracious to us, and has saved us
from the torment of the Fire. Verily! We used to invoke Him before. Verily,
He is the Most Generous, the Most Merciful.”( : - )
 O`mar Ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be
pleased with him, of whose deeds every believer
wishes to have some says, on his death-bed,
about his early embracing of Islam, and all of his
good deeds: “I wish it to serve as an equilibrium
nothing for me, nothing against me.”
Emam Al-Bukhari narrated, according to
Al-Meswer Bin Makhrama, who said: “When
O`mar was stabbed, he was going through pain,
so Ibn A`bbas said to him, as if he is was
blaming him : ‘O Ameer Al-Moe`meneen ,
even if that were true, you have accompanied
Allah’s prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, and were a good companion, then you
separated, while he was satisfied with you. Then
you accompanied Abu-Bakr, and were a good
companion, then you separated, while he was
satisfied with you. Then you accompanied their
companions, and were a good companion, and if
you leave them, you will be leaving them while
they are satisfied with you.’
He said: ‘As for my companionship to
Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessing be
upon him, and his satisfaction, as you have
mentioned, then that was a gift from Allah, His
Almighty, upon me. As for my companionship
to Abu-Bakr, and his satisfaction, as you have
mentioned, then that was a gift from Allah, His

As if Ibn A`bbas was wondering about O`mar’s fear, and blaming him for
it.
Prince of the believers, which is the title of all leaders during the early
Islamic era.
 Almighty, upon me. But, as to what you see of
my worry, that is about you and your friends. By
Allah, have I had the mountains on earth in gold
I would ransom myself to escape from Allah’s,
His Almighty’s, punishment, before I meet
Him.’Another version says: “I wished that to be
in equilibrium, nothing against me, and nothing
for me.” Another version yet says: “If there
were a mule that has tripped and fell down in
Iraq, O`mar would be asked about it, in front of
Allah, His Almighty.”
Therefore, after considering O`mar Ibn Al-
Khattab’s attitude, how could a believer be so
self-confident? If O`mar Ibn Al-Khattab, who
was an early Muslim, witnessed all situations
with Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, and an hour of
companionship with Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, surpasses any
other deed. O`mar, who was the Prophet’s,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
consultant, and his second hand, the one who,
before the death of the prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, was given the good
news, by the prophet, to be in Heavens, many,
many times, then he became the best companion
to Abu-Bakr Al-Sedeeq`, who was the
companion of Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him. So he became his
second hand, his consular, and his supporter.

Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
 Then he took over the leadership of Muslims “so
the Islamic State expanded to the west and
became prosperous and wealthy, and the people
were relaxed and happy.”
During O`mar’s rein, the Islamic victories
were uncountable, and the nations converted
into Allah’s, His Almighty’s, religion in crowds:
Persia, the Roman Empire, people of Al-Sham ,
and Egypt. Islam covered almost the whole land.
The treasures of the emperor of Persia, and of
Caesar, were moved to ‘Al-Madeena.’Yet,
when O`mar died, a martyr, he was in debt for
eighty-six thousand Dinars , that was paid off
by his son ‘Abd-Allah,’may Allah be pleased
with him, collecting it from the Khattabs.
Yet, with all of those distinctive
characteristics and services, he said at his death-
bed: “I hope that this will be sufficient, non
against me, and non for me… By Allah, if a
mule would tumble in Iraq, then O`mar will be
asked about in front of Allah, His Almighty. By
Allah, have I had as much as the mountains of
earth in gold, I would have paid them to ransom
myself from Allah’s torture before I see Him.”
In other words, if I had gold as much as the
mountains, then I would pay it to escape what I
fear of Allah’s, His Almighty’s, punishment.

Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.

This amount of money was not a debt that O`mar, may Allah be satisfied
with him, did not pay back before he died, in fact it is the total of all of the
salaries he received for being a Khalief.
 Therefore, if O`mar, may Allah be pleased with
him, feared Allah’s punishment in such a way,
being the man he was, may Allah be pleased
with him, then how about us, whose sins are
unaccountable, and who haven’t got any
accomplishment in Islam.

B. O`mro Ibn Al-A`as, may Allah be pleased with

him, weeps in fear of Allah on his deathbed.
I have also considered O`mro Ibn Al-A`as
weeping on his deathbed fearing to meet Allah.
Emam Moslem narrated, according to Ibn
Shamasah Al-Muhrii, who said: “We attended
O`mro Ibn Al-A`as when he was dying. He wept
for a long time, and turned his face towards the
wall, so his son started telling him: ‘Dear father,
hasn’t Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, told you the good news
of so and so? Hasn’t Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, told you the
good news of so and so?’He said: “He turned
his face towards us and said: ‘The best to
prepare is the testimony that there is no god but
Allah, and that Muhammad is the prophet of
Allah. I went through three stages: I remember
when nobody hated Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, as much as I
did, and nobody liked to have a chance at him,
so I can kill him, as much as did. So, have I died

Ibn Shamsa, the narrator.

 on that situation I would have been one of the
people of Hell.
However, when Allah felled my heart with
Islam, I came to the Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, and said: ‘Stretch your
right hand so I can give you my pledge of
allegiance.’So he stretched his right hand.’He
said: ‘Then, I pulled my hand away. He said:
‘What is the matter, O`mro?’He said: ‘I said: ‘I
have some conditions.’He said: ‘What
conditions?’I said: ‘To be forgiven.’He said:
“Haven’t you known that Islam destroys
everything before it? And that migration
destroys everything before it? And that
pilgrimage destroys everything before it?’
Then I have not liked anybody, as much as
I liked Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, neither have I dignified
another as much as I have dignified him. I have
respected him to the point that I couldn’t fulfil
my eyes with his sight, because I held high
feelings towards him. If I were asked to describe
him, I wouldn’t be able to, because I had not
filled my eyes with his sight. If I were to die the
way I was, I would have wished to be in
Heavens. Then I don’t know how well have I
done in matters that occurred later on. So, when
you bury me, throw the dust on me as fast as you
can, and wait beside my grave a period that
equals the period it takes to slaughter a small

Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.

 camel, and its meat is cut and divided, so I will
not be lonely, and I will think of what am I
going to respond to my God’s messengers.”

C. Um Al-Moe’meneen A`esha, may Allah be

pleased with her, the mother of believers, ranks
herself among those who are unjust to
themselves.
When A`esha, may Allah be pleased with
her, was asked about His Almighty’s statement,
}
( : ){
Those, my sons, are in paradise, as for the one
who is foremost in good deeds, he is the one
who kept steadfastly to his promise to Allah’s
messenger, and the messenger has testified that
he would be in Heavens. As for the one
following a middle course, he is the one who
pursues his trace of his companions, until he
reached them. As for the one who wronged his
own self, is like me and you.”

Refer to note no. .

“The We gave the Book (the Qu`oran) for inheritance to such of Our slaves
whom We chose (the followers of Muhammad . Then of them
are some who wrong their ownselves, and of them are some who follow a
middle course, and of them are some who are, by Allah’s Leave, foremost in
good deeds.”( : )
The prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, teachings, ways,
methods, and behavior.
Narrated by Al-Tialsi.
D. All cry over their sins, remembering their wrong
deeds.
I found out that everybody cries over his, or
her sin, remembers his guilt, cannot see any
graciousness in himself, nor can he say a lot
about his accomplishments, a person of those
would say: “If I knew I have done one good
deed that was accepted, I would have wished to
die.”When I realized that fact, I realized that the
way to Heaven is a long one. I also found the
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, saying: “There isn’t a judge who rules
among people, but is held back on the Day of
Judgement. Then an angel pushes him from the
back, until he is at of Hell, and raises his head
to Allah, His Almighty, so if what he had said
was unjust, then he is thrown into Hell, falling
for forty years.” Yet everyday we pass many
judgements!

. A round in Hell clears away arrogance.

A round inside Hell, a look at the deep hole, and

a reflection over the people who enter it, and fall in it was
the greatest contributor in vanishing my former deception
concerning paradise, and on my total concentration to be
devoted to escaping Hell. Moreover, a pause, after another

The edge of hell.

Narrated by Ahmed.
at Allah’s, His Almighty’s, and His Prophet’s description
of this tremendous, already existing Hell, and an inner
visualization of the conditions of its people gave me the
certainty that-if Allah, His Almighty desires-that the
whole intention should be to escape from it, and that
escaping Hell should take the priority over entering
Heavens. Since it is known that avoiding sins has the
precedence over gaining rewards, then how about the
reward that could not be gained unless sin is avoided in
the first place, for Heavens cannot be gained, unless Hell
is escaped from. I also realized that a person of my long
record of sins and disobedience, for which he disserves
punishments-except for Allah’s, His Almighty’s mercy-is
impolite and has no right to ask for Heavens, while he
hasn’t got ridden of the punishment’s causes.
The truth is that I have not seen Hell, neither
awake, nor asleep. But I paused at the place where Allah,
His Almighty, showed His slaves that fire, His Almighty’s
threat concerning it, His Almighty’s comprehensive
description, and the Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings
be upon him, live, complete, and clear description, who
has seen it with his naked eyes. So, whoever hasn’t seen it
with his own eyes, feels as if he has seen it through the
Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, eyes.
A companion used to sit by the Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, who talks about Heavens and Hell,
so the companion feels as if he sees them with his own
eyes. ‘Hanthalah’said: “O Prophet of Allah! When we are
around you, you remind us of Hell and Heavens as if we
see them with the naked eye! Yet when we leave, we get
involved with our wives, children, and properties, so we
forget a lot.”
Whenever prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, preached describing Hell, his
voice rose, his anger was elevated, and his face turned red
as if he, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, were
warning of an approaching army saying: “In the mornings,
and in the evenings.”Jabber Bin A`bd-Allah, may Allah
be satisfied with him, said: “Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, in his preaching, used to
thank Allah, and praise Him, the way He should be, then
says: ‘To Whomever Allah shows the right path will never
go astray by anyone, and whoever Allah leads astray will
never be lead into the right path by anyone. The truest
book is the Book of Allah, and the best teachings are the
teachings of Muhammad. The most evil issues are the
newly implemented ones, and each newly implemented
issue is a heresy, and each heresy is a deviation off the
Right path, and each deviation of the Right path is in
Hell .’Then he says: ‘I was sent along with the Hour
like those .’His cheeks turn red, his voice is higher, and
his anger is severe, whenever he mentions the Hour, as if
he were warning of an approaching army, saying: “In the
mornings, and in the evenings.”Then he says: “Whoever
left money, then it is for his family, and whoever left a

Narrated by Moslem.
.
.
Prophet Mohammed, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, emphasizes
the quickly approaching Judgment Day.
debt, or a right, then those are for me, or upon me , and I
am the one who is most in charge of the believers.”
If we were to have the list of the Prophet’s,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, preaching
concerning the interpretations of Surat ( ) off the top
of his mosque's platform, then we would be listening to
wonders. Some of the women companions learned Surat
( ) just through listening to it from the Prophet’s, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, mouth, because the
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, used to
preach so many times about it on Fridays.
The Surat ( ) is one of the threatening Surats. It
contains great scenes about the day of the congregation of
the dead, Hell, the frightening talks of the people of Hell,
and their fights with each other; who caused whom to end
up in Hell, and Allah’s, His Almighty’s, response to all of
them: . }

Prophet Mohammed, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, takes the
responsibility upon himself to pay back those debts, and to satisfy the rights of
other people.
“Whoever left money, then it is for his family, and whoever left a debt [he
has not paid off,] or a right [he has not given back,] then those are for me, or
upon me , and I am the one who is most in charge of the believers.”(
Narrated by Al-Nessaei)
Surat Qa`f is the fiftieth surah in the Holly Qu`oran. Although it is a short
Surah, it is a very threatening one.
Any Muslim saw the prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
even for an hour, is referred to as a “companion.”
 ( : ) {. Then Allah’s, His Almighty’s, commands
to Hell, which opens its gates swallowing all of its people
who enter in crowds, and who are unaccountable. Out of
every thousand of Adam’s sons, nine hundreds and ninety
nine end up in Hell; only one of every thousand enters
Heaven.
Since Hell consists of descending steps and
levels , one over the other, the viewer cannot see, on the
land of the day of the congregation of the dead, but its
gates, horn’s, fence, and the flames bursting out of it.
However, it is a wide and a deep well; if a rock is thrown
off Hell’s edge, it continues falling down for seventy years
without reaching its bottom. Since that is the way Hell is,
though someone could think that the Human beings and
the Jins who are thrown in there accumulate in layers on
top of each others, and there will not be any more room
for more crowds, Allah, His Almighty, states that this
huge furnace, and wide, and very deep well, will not fall
short of containing all entrants. Allah, His Almighty, says:
( : ){. } His Almighty says,

“Dispute not in front of Me, I had already, in advance, sent you the threat.
The Sentence that comes from Me cannot be changed, and I am not unjust to
the slaves.”( : - )

Contrary to Heavens ascending levels, or , Hell consists of

descending lower levels or .
The spirits.
“On the Day when We will say to Hell: ‘Are you filled?’It will say: ‘Are
there any more?’( : )
also in the Holly Qu`oran: }
( - : ){.

. The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be

upon him, relates about The Hell that he saw
with his own eyes.

At the gate of Hell, Allah’s prophet, Allah’s

peace and blessings be upon him, stood, and into the fire
he, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, looked. He,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I looked
into Heaven, and saw that most of its people are the poor,
and I looked into Hell, and saw most of its people are
women.” He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
also said: “I stood at the gate of Heaven, where most of
the people entered were the poor, and the people of
authority were held back, except the people of Hell, for
they were thrown into Hell. I also stood at the gate of Hell,
where most of the people entered were women.”
In Emam’s Ahmed compilation, according to
Jabber Bin Abd-Allah Al-Ansari who said: “The sun
eclipsed during the days of Allah’s prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, on a very hot day. So Allah’s
prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, lead his

“Then they will be thrown on their faces into the (Fire,)-they and those
who were in error. And the whole hosts of Eblees together.”( : - )
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
companions in prayers and remained standing for a long
time that they started falling down. Then he bowed, and
remained bowing for quite a while. Then, he raised his
head for a long time. Then he bowed for a long time, and
then he prostrated twice. Then he stood up and repeated
the same procedure. Then he moved backwards and
forwards. So they were four bowings, and four
prostrations. Then he said: ‘I was shown everything you
are promised. I was shown Heaven to the point that if I
wanted picking, I would have taken it.’Or he said: ‘I
picked a picking, but my hand fell short of reaching it.’
Hisham was in doubt. ‘Hell was also shown to me, so I
moved back, fearing that it might reach you. Then I saw a
black, tall woman from Hemiar being tortured because
of a cat that she tied down. She neither fed it, nor watered
it, nor let it eat from the ground. And I saw Abu
Thamamah, O`mro Bin Malik, pulling his intestines in
Hell. These are two ayat from Allah, His Almighty,
showing them to you, so if there is an eclipse, pray so it
will clear off.” In Moslem’s narrative: “Heaven and Hell
were displayed to me earlier on this wall, so I haven’t seen
such evil, and goodness as I have today. If you were to
know what I know, you would laugh a little, and cry a
lot.”

An old famous city in Yemen.

Miracles.
Narrated by Ahmed.
Narrated by Moslem.
 . A`bd-Allah Ibn O`mar Ibn Al-Khattab
visualizes Hell while asleep.

A`bd-Allah Ibn O`mar, may Allah be pleased

with both of them , used to wish for a vision to narrate to
The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, as
many of The Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, companions do. In both compilations of true
Hadeeth, he said: “I saw, while asleep, two angels coming
to me, each one was holding an iron club. They said: ‘Do
not be afraid! A good man you are, if you have prayed
more at night!’They took me with them, until they were at
the edge of Hell. It was rolled, just like a well, with horns
like the well’s horns . Between every two horns is an
angel holding an iron club in his hand. There were men
hung in chains, heads down. I recognized men from
Qu`oraish. Then they turned to the right and returned me.
So, I narrated my vision to ‘Hafsah,’who narrated it to
Allah’s prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
The prophet, Allah’s peace be upon him, said: “A`bd-
Allah is a good man.”In another narrative, “A good man
is A`bd-Allah, if he has prayed at night.”

The father, O`mar, and the son A`bd-Allah.

The edges of a well.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari, and Moslem.
 . The following is the description of Hell in Al-
Qu`oran and Al-Sunnah.

As to me, the writer of these lines, I have not

seen Hell, neither awake, nor in a dream, but I have read
and heard its description in the Holly Qu`oran, and the
Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
Hadeeth. I tried, and I am still trying to be just like that
companion, who used to sit in the Prophets, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, circles and listens to the
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
describing Hell, its horrors, and the conditions of its
people. So as if he is visualizing it with his own naked
eyes. So, I started collecting the descriptions of Hell from
the Ayat of the Holly Qu`oran, and scenes that Allah, His
Almighty portrays in the miraculously decisive Qu`oran,
along with other scenes reported by the Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, and described in his
jawame` al-Kalim . The total picture is terribly
horrifying, and the scenes are, individually, heart
breaking, if the heart were to listen or to comprehend.

. Hell is one of Allah’s great achievements.

The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, used to urge his
companion to set very close to him, in circles.
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, was gifted with the
Collective style; with just few words, Mohammed, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, had the ability to discuss lengthy issues.
 I am going to travel with you, brother in Islam
or brother in humanity, whatever your belief should be, to
look and see, then you choose for yourself whatever you
wish. Allah, His Almighty, says:
. . . . . }
( - : ){. His Almighty also says: }

( : ){.
To the believer in Hell I say: “Let’s sit and
believe for an hour, for remembering Hell is part of faith.”
To the disbeliever in Hell, I say: “By Allah, His Almighty,
it is true. It is in existence already, and was seen eye to eye
by the true believers, who narrated what they have seen.
The best of those who have seen it is our truthful and
honest Prophet, Muhammad Ibn A`bd-Allah, the illiterate
messenger, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, who
said: “I stood at the gate of Hell.” Also: “I saw Hell and
I haven’t seen anything more horrifying.” “Saw,”in the
previous context refers to eyesight, not just visualization.

“Nay, and by the moon. And by the night when it withdraws. And by the
dawn when it brightens. Verily, it is but one of the greatest calamities. A
warning to mankind. To any of you that chooses to go forward, or to remain
behind.”( : - )
“And say: ‘The truth is from your Lord.’Then whosoever wills, let him
believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily, We have prepared for
the offenders a Fire whose walls will be surrounding them. And if they ask for
help, they will be granted water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces.
Terrible the drink, and an evil place.”( : )
Narrated by Al-Bukhari, and Moslem.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari, and Moslem.
 . Hell exists and is lasting forever.

Hell has already been created and it is in

existence right now. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, has seen it with his naked
eyes. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, said: “When Allah, His Almighty, created
Heaven, He called Gabriel and said to him: ‘Go and look
at it, and at what I have prepared for its residents.’He
went, looked at it and to Allah’s preparations for its
people. He came back and said: ‘By your glory, nobody
hears about it, but will enter it.’Then Allah, His Almighty,
issued an order, so Heaven was surrounded by
discomforts, and calamities, then He said: ‘Go back and
look at it, and at what I have prepared for its people.’So,
he looked, but when he came back, he said: ‘By your
glory, I fear that nobody will enter it.’
Then His Almighty sent him to Hell. He said:
‘Go and look at it, and to what I have prepared for its
people.’So he looked, and saw a boiling inferno burning
itself. So he came back and said: ‘By your glory, nobody
hears about it will enter it.’Then Allah, His Almighty,
issued an order, so Hell was surrounded with desires, then
His Almighty said: ‘Go and look at what I have prepared
for its people.’So he went, looked and came back and
said: ‘By your glory, I fear that nobody will be saved from
it, but will enter it.’”
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, has also narrated that Hell

Narrated by Ahmed Abu Dawood, Al-Termethi, and Al-Nessae’i.

complained to Allah, His Almighty saying: “O God! I am
burning myself up.”So He allowed it two breaths, one in
the winter, and one in the summer. So the severe cold you
encounter is due to its zamhareer , and the severe heat
you feel is due to its samoom .”
Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, also said: “When Ramadan arrives,
the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hell are
closed, and Satans are chained.” In addition, all of the
references to it in the Holly Qu`oran indicate that it has
already been created and that it is in existence.
Hell’s fire does not extinguish, and will not die
out. It is lasting forever. It will not be shut down. Its
people, the ones who deserve to be there, will stay there,
tortured forever, a torture that never stops, nor is it even
reduced a little at all. I pray to Allah, His Almighty, to
protect us from it, and from its people. Allah says: }

( - : ){ He also says: }
( : ){ In another Ayah Allah, His Almighty,

The coldest weather ever.

The hottest weather ever.
Narrated by Ibn Majeh.
Agreed upon.
“As for those who are wretched, they will be in the Fire, sighing in a high
and low tone. They will dwell therein for all the time that the heavens and the
earth endure, except as your Lord will. Verily, your Lord is the doer of what
He wills.
“Verily! Whoever comes to his Lord as a criminal (sinner,) then surely, for
him is Hell, therein he will neither die nor live.”( : )
says: . }
( - : ) {. In Surat Al-
Mae’dah, Allah says: }
( : ) {. In Surat Al-Ae`la, Allah, His Almighty,
says: . . . }
( - : ){.
Therefore, a dweller of Hell does not die in
order to escape torture, neither does he live a prosperous
life, but an everlasting torture, where death becomes the
ultimate and unattainable wish. Allah, His Almighty says:
( : ) {. } Allah, His
Almighty, say to its people: }
( : ){. Allah also says: }
( : ){.

“Verily, those who disbelieve, and die while they are disbeliever's, it is
they on whom is the Curse of Allah and of the angels, and of mankind,
combined. They will abide therein, their punishment will neither be lightened,
nor will they be reprieved.”( : - )
“They will long to get out of the Fire, but never will they get out therefrom,
and theirs will be a lasting torment.”( : )
“Therefore remind (men) in case the reminder profits (them.) The reminder
will be received by him who fears (Allah.) But it will be avoided by the
wretched. Who will enter the great Fire and made to taste its burning. Wherein
he will neither die (to be in rest,) nor live (a good living.)”( : - )
“And they will cry: ‘Omalik (Keeper of Hell!) Let your Lord make an end
of us.’He will say: ‘Verily, you shall abide forever.’”( : )
“It will be said (to them): ‘Enter you the gates of Hell, to abide therein.
And (indeed) what an evil abode of the arrogant!’”( : )
“But those who disbelieve, for them will be the Fire of Hell. Neither it will
have a complete killing effect on them so that they die, nor shall its torment be
lightened for them. Thus do We requite every disbeliever.”( : )
 Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “When the people of Heaven
enter Heaven, and the people of Hell, death is brought
until it is between Heaven and Hell, and slaughtered.
Then a caller says: “O, people of Heaven, an everlasting
life, there is no death. O, people of Hell, an everlasting
life, there is no death.”So, the people of Heaven are even
in a more delight than their existing delight, and the
people of Hell receive another misery on top of their
existing misery.”

. Is it possible to visualize how wide Hell is?

The size of this existing Hell is beyond the

human imagination, taking into consideration that the sun,
the moon, and the stars are only small stones inside it. It is
a great inferno, where suns and stars are thrown inside it
as the small stones are thrown inside a great well. The size
of the bodies of its people, the ones who are destined to
remain there forever, is enlarged to a point that the size of
one tooth of its people becomes as huge as the mountain
of Ohod, the distance between his shoulders is of a three-
day walk, the thickness of his skin is of a three day-walk.
Therefore, the body of a Hell’s inhabitant is as huge as the
most gigantic mountain on earth. Mohammed, Allah’s

“When the people of Heaven enter Heaven, and the people of Hell [enter]
Hell, death is [personified and] brought until it is between Heaven and Hell,
and slaughtered.”
Narrated by Al-Bukhary.
peace and blessing upon him, said: “The tooth of a non-
believer or his fang is as Oh`od’s, and the thickness of his
skin is of a three-day walk distance.”
According to Al-Bukhari’s narrative,
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
said: “The distance between a non-believer’s shoulders is
a three-day time period for a fast horse-back rider.”He,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, also said, In ‘Al-
Termethi’: “A blasphemer’s seating area in Hell is as
wide as the distance between Mecca and Al-Meddina.”
Although out of one thousand people, nine
hundred and ninty nine end up in Hell, and only one enters
Heaven, along with Jin’s satans, who are as many as the
non-believers, or even more, who all enter Hell the way
Allah, His Almighty, described, yet they do not fill it up,
neither does it refuse them: : ){. }
( This Huge inferno was created in the shape of a
round well. The outside onlooker, at the top, may not see
but its fence, the pavilion that surrounds it, and its seven
gates that are located in its fence or built on its descending
steps. As for Hell itself, it is so deep that it is bottomless;
if the greatest rock is thrown off its edge, it continues
falling for seventy years without reaching the bottom.
In this huge inferno, there are mountains. In
those mountains are so many caves, caverns, valleys,
narrow pathways, and uncountable horrors and horrors.
Rivers of pus and matter, and whatever flows out of the
bodies of the people of Hell, and explodes from their

Narrated by Moslem.
Refer to Note No. .
stomachs and their intestines; ( : ){. }
Rivers of water that looks like black, very dirty and rotten
oil, that is at its utmost of heat, explode from those
mountains. If a tortured person places it closer to his face,
his face will be roasted, and the skin of his face will fall
apart into it-I ask Allah’s refuge from His anger and His
punishment. }
( : ){.

. In Hell are all causes of death, but there is no

death.

The people of this existing great fire, who are its

residents, are welcomed at its gates with the news that
they will remain there forever, before they are dumped
into it. ( : ){. } In there,
all of the causes of death exist, yet a sinner does not die,
neither by one of them, nor by all of them put together,
( : ){. } Its heat
burns and kills instantly, but Allah, His Almighty, has

“And be given, to drink, boiling water, so that it cuts up their bowels.”( :

)
“Mohl,”is melted lead, or every melted metal.
( : )
It will be said (to them): ‘Enter you the gates of Hell, to abide therein. And
what an evil abode of the arrogant.’”( : )
“And death will come to him from every side, yet he will not die and in
front of him, will be a great torment.”( : )
desecrated that the people in Hell are going to feel, and
suffer this tremendous heat, without dying. Its water also
tears the intestines apart, hasn’t it been for Allah’s, His
Almighty’s, desecration for the everlasting of its people.
More types of torture are: Its snakes’bites, feeding on its
Zaq`oom , suffering the blows of its angels, and their
beatings to its people with iron hammers, if the greatest
mountain on earth were hammered by one of them, it
would be flat instantly, and become debris. Then, there is
the overwhelming despair that tears hope apart. All of the
previous conditions are fatal and deadly, yet a tortured
sinner of the people of Hell-I ask Allah to be saved-does
not die because of one of them, or by all put together; }
( : ){.

. Torture in Hell increases forever.

This culmination and the increase of torture

continue forever, with no hope of a single day of rest, an
hour of tranquility, or a decrease of torture. }
: . .
( - : ){. Allah, His Almighty, also

Zaq`oom is the fruit of an evil tree that springs up from the very bottom of
Hell.
( : )
“And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: ‘Call upon
your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!’They will say: ‘Did there
not come to you, your Messengers with evidences and signs?’They will say:
says: - : ){. }
( Trying to visualize such a situation, and meditating
over the fact that we could be in such predicaments-I take
refuge by Allah-is a great preaching in itself, and a great
repulsion.

. The food of the punished people in Hell is a

torture, and their drink is a torture too.

The people of Hell, the ones who are to remain

there forever-I take refuge by Allah-eat and drink.
However, they are tortured with the food they eat, and the
drink they swallow, as much as the fire’s torture or even
worse. Although they are tortured with this food and
drink, they get so hungry and so thirsty, that they are
forced upon that food and drink, which in itself is a type of
punishment, better yet it is The punishment. For a
punished person in Hell gets so hungry, to the point that he
has to eat from the tree of Al-Zaq`oom, which is a tree that
springs from the center and origin of Hell, from the depth
of the well, the very bottom of Hell, with terrifying,
detestable, and ugly branches and fruit. What would you
think of the fruit of a tree that springs up from fire,

‘Yes.’They will reply: ‘Then call (as you like.) And the invocation of the
disbeliever's is nothing but in error.’”( : - )
“Verily, the criminals (sinners,) will be in the torment of Hell to abide
therein forever. (The torment) will not be lightened for them, and they will be
plunged into destruction with deep regrets, sorrows, and in despair therein.”
( : - )
irrigated with fire, and is saturated with Hameem? Allah,
His Almighty, describes the tree of Zaq`oom saying: }
. . .
( - : ){. .
His Almighty says also, threatening and promising: }

( - : ){.
It is the hunger and the desperate need for food
that urges the punished person of the people of Hell to eat
from such a condemned, awful tree, which comes up from
the origin of Hell, and bears fruit of fire. So, when the
internal organisms of the punished person is burned
because of that evil food, and he wishes to extinguish the
burning fire inside of him, and the tremendous thirst he
feels, he is driven by that necessity to an evil liquid that is
at the prime of its heat, so he swallows it to extinguish his
fire, yet it only leads to more burning. : ){. }
( Although the water is as evil and rotten as the dirty,
black, unclear, and rotten oil, that is at its highest boiling
temperature, the punished person gulps it down. Just like a
very thirsty camel, that is affected with an illness inside its

“Verily, it is a tree that springs out of the bottom of Hell-Fire. The shoots
of its fruit-stalks are like the heads of devils. Truly, they will eat thereof and
fill their bellies therewith. Then on top of that they will be given boiling water
to drink so that it becomes a mixture. Then thereafter, verily, their return is to
the flaming fire of Hell.”( : - )
“Then moreover, verily, - you the erring-ones, the deniers. You will,
indeed, eat of the trees of Zaqu`om. Then you will fill your bellies therewith.
And drink boiling water on top of it. So you will drink like thirsty camels!”
( : - )
“And drink boiling water on top of it.”( )
stomach, to the point that it feels as if there were flames
inside its stomach, so it swallows water, but its thirst is not
extinguished. Describing his feelings while in love, the
poet says,

Allah, His Almighty, referring to the tortured people of

Hell-I take refuge with-Allah says: }
- : ){.
(
When those tortured people drink from the water
that has no benefit for them, but actually hurt them, to the
point that it tears apart their intestines, they run from it to
the fire itself, a worse escape indeed. Then their thirst
forces them to drink again from that disgustingly harmful
water. That is the way it is, from worse, to worse, and
back again. Allah, His Almighty says: . }
( - : ){. Therefore, they will be
running away from fire to hameem, and from hameem to
fire, back again, in an endless and hopeless search for a
way out.

So as a diseased with Haimaa’I became,

Neither water satisfies its thirst,
Nor does its illness allows its misery to rest.
Heem, is the plural of haimaa’which the camel that has the stomach
disease that causes it to drink, without extinguishing its thirst.
Refer to Note No. .
“This is Hell which the criminals (sinners) denied. They will go between it
and the boiling hot water.”( : - )
 . Other types of torturing drinks.

The previous torture is not the only type of

torture related to food and drinks, for there are several
types of tortures using severely painful, disgusting, and
rotten drinks and food. Allah, His Almighty, says: }
: ){.
( - Al-Hameem, is hot water, and Al-Khssaq` is a
rotten, and a disgustingly awful liquid that if a single drop
falls from it into the seas on earth, it will render the whole
life on planet Earth impossible. Our Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “ }
( : ){. if only a drop
of Zaq`oom is dropped then it will destroy the lives of
the people, so how about those for whom it is the only
food.” The other combinations of food, and drinks are
only varieties of the same kind, which is all-I take refuge
with Allah, His Almighty-undeniably true.

“This is so! And for the transgressors (sinners) will be an evil final return.
Hell! Where they will burn, and worst is that place to rest. This is so! Then let
them taste it, a boiling fluid and dirty wound discharges. And other torments
of similar kind, all together.”( : - )
“O you who believe! Fear Allah as He should be feared, and die not except
in a state of Islam, with complete submission to Allah.”( : )
On Earth.
Narrated by Ahmed.
 . The psychological torture is even severer than
the physical torture.

The torture of the people of Hell is not only

physical. They will be punished physically with fire that
actually cooks their skins, and then those skins are
instantly replaced. The fire will burn their chests, all the
way deep inside reaching for their hearts. Allah, His
Almighty, says: ( - : ){. } meaning
that its flames reach deep all the way to the heart, and its
burning stones are placed on a person’s nipple, so they
burn their way, through the punished body, until they
come out from his back, and they are placed on his back
until they come out from his chest. Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Deliver
the good news to the treasurers that they will be punished
with plates, that will be heated in the fire of Hell and
placed on the nipple of one of them until it burns its way
to the scapula of his shoulders, and placed on the scapula
of his shoulders until they burn their way to his nipples,
shaking in agony.”
Other types of physical torture yet are drinking
Hameem, eating Zaq`oom, and being bitten by snakes as
large as mules, that come out from caves in Hell, and
whose poison run down the tortured bodies like fire, or
even worse. However, this painful torture is not the only
type of torture for the people of Hell, for their
psychological torture is as much as the physical, yet even
worse, such as:

“The fire of Allah, kindled. Which leaps up over the hearts.”( : -)

Narrated by Moslem.
A. The Angels’Endless Blame.
The everlasting blame from the guards of
Hell, as in the following, }

( : ){.

B. The Angels’Carelessness and Negligence of

the Sinners.
Hell’s angels’negligence of the tortured
people’s screams, cries, and begging, and their
carelessness of the situation of those tortured
people is a torture in itself. In fact the angels
increase the torture the more those punished
people scream for help. Allah, His Almighty,
says, in the Holly Qu`oran: }
( : ) {. Allah, His
Almighty, also says in another Surat: }
.

( - : ) {.

“‘Did not the Messengers come to you from yourselves, reciting to you the
Verses of your Lord, and warning you of the Meeting of this Day of yours?’
They will say: ‘Yes, but the Word of torment has been justified against the
disbeliever's.’”( : )
Look up note No. , .
“And those in the Fire will say to the keepers (angels) of Hell: ‘Call upon
your Lord to lighten for us the torment for a day!’They will say: ‘Did there
not come to you, your Messengers with evidences and signs?’They will say:
 When the people of Hell are at the ultimate
of their sadness, hopelessness, and distress, they
ask “Malek,”who is Hell’s guard, and who is
the toughest, and hardest of all angels of torture,
saying: ( : ){. } So, Malek
responds after a thousand years, which equals
one day of the life after-death, saying: }
( - : ){.
When the people of Hell are at their utmost
despair and frustration, they detest themselves
complaining: : ){. }
( which is an admittance of guilt. They
admit that they have not had the ears that are
qualified to listen to the call-the right call-in
life, neither have they had the minds that are
qualified to comprehend the right call that was
delivered to them through the messengers .
Consequently, the moment they realize the true
reason for their being lost and astray in life, they

‘Yes.’They will reply: ‘Then call (as you like.) And the invocation of the
disbeliever's is nothing but in error.’”( : - )
“Omalik (Keeper of Hell!) Let your Lord make an end of us.”( : )
“He will say: ‘Verily, you shall abide forever.’Indeed We have brought
the truth (Muhammad with the Qu`oran) to you, but most of
you have a hatred for the truth.”( : - )
“Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been
among the dwellers of the blazing Fire.”( : )
They did not distinguish right from wrong, in their earthly lives. They
could not see the difference, nor could they listen to the difference, when it
was explained to them.
 start blaming themselves, and regretting, but it
is too late to regret.
They are overwhelmed with grief, and they
detest themselves. Moreover, they are informed
with the news that causes them a greater sorrow,
and a greater regret than all the suffering they
are already going through. They are informed
that Allah’s anger at them is greater than their
own anger at themselves. Allah, His Almighty,
says: }
( : ){. The reason for their own
hatred of themselves, is that faith was right
there, at there hands, had they chosen to
embrace it, but now it is far away, and will
never be accepted from them; }
( : ){.
The sinners were requested, in life, to
embrace a full belief within their hearts in the
oneness of the Lordship of Allah, His Almighty,
an oral declaration, and a good and effortless
deed that the believer will like and taste its fruit
during his earthly life, before his death. A
fasting person, for instance is pleased in his life
by his fasting, a praying person is satisfied with

“Those who disbelieve will be addressed (at the time of entering into the
Fire): ‘Allah’s aversion was greater towards you (in the worldly life when you
used to reject the Faith) than your aversion towards one another (now in the
Fire of Hell, as you are now enemies to one another,) when you were called to
the Faith but you used to refuse.’”( : )
“And they will say (in the Hereafter): ‘We do believe (now),’but how
could they receive (Faith and acceptance of their repentance by Allah) from a
place so far off.”( : )
 his prayers, and a charitable person is poured
into his heart goodness and reward, which is
much better for him than to withhold his charity.
A person who performs priglemage finds
satisfaction in harshness for the sake of Allah,
His Almighty. The one, who is perpetually
remembering Allah, His Almighty, says: “In the
name of Allah, we enjoy happiness, if the kings,
and their sons, would know about, they would
fight us with swords for.”
Also the person who is satisfied with the
food, drinks, and the sexual relationship he
enjoys lawfully, feels a sort of happiness, and
satisfaction unknown to a person unlawfully
eating and drinking, or committing fornication.
Allah, His Almighty, says: }
( : ) {.

C. A Humiliating Torture.
To be beaten with huge clubs, to suffer
such a disgraceful torture and at the same time
to be blamed shamefully, such as the angels’
sayings to them, after, and while torturing them:
( : ){. } , and: }

“But whosoever turns away from My Reminder, verily, for him is a life of
hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.”( :
)
“Taste you (this)! Verily, you were (pretending to be) the mighty, the
generous!”( : )
 ( : ) {. and also: }
( : ){.

D. A Shameful Torture.
The nature of the torture itself is degrading
and shameful, such as being pulled in Hell,
facing downwards, }
( : ) {. Also, being grabbed by the
foreheads and the feet, and thrown into Hell,
( : ) {. }
Or being pushed and shoved into torture. Allah,
His Almighty, says: }
( - : ) {. The word { }
stands for shoving and pushing severely. Allah,
His Almighty, has called the torture of the after-
death “shameful”because anyone deserves it,
will be greatly disgraced. Allah, His Almighty,

“Verily! This is that whereof you used to doubt!”( : )

“Is this magic, or do you not see?”( : )
“The Day they will be dragged in the Fire on their faces, (it will be said to
them): ‘Taste you the touch of Hell!’”( : )
“The criminals (sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces,) and
they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.”( : )
“The Day when they will be pushed down by force to the Fire of Hell, with
a horrible, forceful pushing. This is the Fire which you used to belie.”( : -
)
 says: }
( : ) {.

E. Allah’s Anger and Hatred

The greatest and most degrading
punishment the people of Hell receive is Allah’s,
His Almighty’s, anger upon them, His
negligence of them, the denial of His mercy, and
His hatred towards them. Allah, His Almighty,
says: }
: ){.
{

F. Sins Are Exposed and Unveiled Publicly

There is also the disclosure of faults and
sins before everybody, before all the people,
since the creation of Adam, peace be upon him,
until the Day of Judgement. Allah, His
Almighty, says in the Holly Qu`oran: }
( - : ) {. . So, those
secrets are destroyed, and every sin is revealed.

“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks to mislead (men) from the
Path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it by way of mockery. For such,
there will be a humiliating torment.”( : )
“Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant
and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter (paradise.) Neither
will Allah speak to them, nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor
will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.”( : )
“The Day when all the secrets (deeds, prayers, etc.) will be examined (as to
their truth. Then will (man) have no power, nor any helper.”( : - )
 Allah, His Almighty, says also, after
portraying the deaths of the people of Noah,
A`ad, Thamood, people of Loot, and the people
of Shua`aib: }
( : ){. Therefore, whoever
Allah, His Almighty, punishes on this day, He
uncovers his secrets before all, and rebukes him
before everybody. In other words He has
severely disgraced him, and shamefully
degraded him. Allah, His Almighty, says,
referring to the believers’prayers on this
promised true day: }
( : ){. Abraham, peace be upon him,
prays saying: }
( : ){. Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“For every person who betrays is a flag at his
bottom, on the Day of Judgement, as big as his

“Indeed in that (there) is a sure lesson for those who fear the torment of the
Hereafter. That is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that
is a Day when all (the dwellers of the heavens and the earth) will be present.”
( : )
“Our Lord! Verily, whom You admit to the Fire, indeed, You have
disgraced him, and never will the aggressors (sinners) find any helpers.”( :
)
“And disgrace me not on the Day when (all the creatures) will be
resurrected; The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, Except him
who comes to Allah with a clean heart (clean from polytheism and
hypocrisy.)”( : - )
 betrayal, there is not a greater betrayal than a
leader of the public.”

. The greatest torture in Hell is to remain there

forever.

The people of Hell are of two kinds. There are

people who will be permanently staying in there, for there
is no death any more. These people will have an
everlasting torture in Hell, from which they will never
escape. Those people are classified differently; the highest
is imprisoned in a hole at the very bottom of Hell, if this
hole were to be uncovered, then Hell with its entirety asks
Allah, His Almighty, to be saved from its heat. The lowest
class and of a less torture is the one who will have two
smoldering embers placed under his feet, of which his
brain will boil. Although this is the least tortured sinner in
Hell, he will think, and feel that he is the most tortured.
Imagining an everlasting life in Hell is actually
beyond imagination, and it is heart breaking. Just
imagining, that a person is in a prison, even if it were of
the type found in this life, where he is sentenced to life,
without an escape, not even through death, or anything
else, but to remain there forever, is enough to kill a person
of sadness, grief, and sorrow. So, how about a prison with
walls, doors, food, and drink are all of fire! So, how about
this prison being a well, when a tortured sinner is thrown

Narrated by Moslem.
in it, he falls on his head for seventy years before reaching
its bottom.
Moreover, how about the fire that we are
familiar with in our life being only one seventieth of
Hell’s fire, in other words every fraction of the other sixty
nine fractions being as of the same severe heat of the heat
of this life’s fire. To truly visualize an everlasting LIFE in
such a torture is something that the human beings’ability
stops short of. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “I wonder how can a person,
who wants to escape Hell, sleep!”For anyone who knows
this Hell, believes in it, and is aware that it is present at the
moment, and if he dies at any moment he could enter it,
wouldn’t be able to sleep, since it is waiting. Yet it is
negligence, the habit of postponing repentance, and the
indulgence in the temptations that surround Hell.

. Who are the sinful believers?

The believer, who dies embracing the true faith

and belief, and who has committed in his life a sin ranks
bellow blasphemy, or polytheism both of which render
him away from the true belief, then he is classified into
two classifications; he either repented while he was alive,
or died without repenting. Therefore, if he has already
repented while he was alive, a true and honest repentance
that Allah, His Almighty has accepted, then he is purged
of all of his sins, and is back as pure as the day he was
born. He will not be asked about that sin after-death. But if
he has not repented before dying, then his destiny is as
follows;

A. A Total Forgiveness.
Allah, His Almighty, might, mercifully,
and kindly overlook his sin, as says in Ibn
O`mar’s, may Allah, His Almighty be pleased
with them both , Hadeeth concerning Allah’s,
His Almighty’s secret conversation. “Allah, His
Almighty, brings the believer closer and
shelters, so he is veiled . Then He says: ‘Do
you remember this sin, do you remember that
sin?’So he says: ‘Yes, my God.’Until He
reminds him of all of his sins, and he is definite
that he is lost, He says: ‘I kept them secrets in
life, and forgive you for committing them
today.’Then he is given his book of good deeds.
As for the non-believers, and the hypocrites, the
witnesses will say: ‘These are the ones who
didn’t believe in their God, Allah’s curse be
upon the sinners.” This scene is on the Day of
Judgement.

B. A Forgiveness Due to Good Deeds Surpassing

Bad Deeds.

Abd-Allah, the son, and O`mar the father.

Allah, His Almighty, conceals those people from others when His
Almighty reminds them of their sins so those sins will remain as secret as they
were before.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
 The second type is the type of people who
have got many good deeds that actually exceed
their sins. Allah, His Almighty, overlooks, and
forgives their sins because of their good deeds.
Allah, His Almighty, says: }
( : ){.
Allah also says: . }
( - : ){.

C. A Punishment That Only Allah, His

Almighty, Knows of.
Or Allah, His Almighty, decides to punish
him. This punishment could take place either in
the grave, the place of the Day of the
Resurrection (on the Day of Judgement,) or in
Hell’s fire. Then, he is lifted, by Allah’s, His
Almighty’s, mercy into Heaven, since he died
believing in Allah, His Almighty, as the only
and sole God . He did not die as an atheist, a
quality that repulses a person from Islam.
Those disobedient believers, are the ones
who die before repenting, their repentance was
not accepted, died while indulging in those sins-
I take refuge with Allah, His Almighty from His
fury-such as a person who dies while in the act

“So as for those whose scale (of good deeds) will be heavy, they will be the
successful (by entering Paradise.) ( : )
“Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy, He will
live a pleasant life (in Paradise.) But as for him whose balance (of good
deeds) will be light, He will fall heads-down (in Hell.) ( : - )
Died as a believer.
 of fornication, stealing, running away from the
enemy, dealing in usury, or while indulging in
any sin of a lower gravity. Therefore, Allah, His
Almighty, decides to punish them, for their sins,
in the grave, or in any of the locations on the
Day of Judgement that equals fifty thousand
days of this life. Or His Almighty decides to
punish them in Hell afterwards.

. Sin and the promise of punishment are

inescapable realities, while repentance and
forgiveness are negotiable assumptions.

I have found out that sin, whether recognizable by a

person or not, considered by him as a sin or not,
remembered it or forgot it, is unavoidable. In other words,
every sin occurs in life is inscribed, and written, unless
Allah, His Almighty, abolishes it through Man’s
repentance. I have also discovered that the punishment
that Allah, His Almighty has assigned for a sin is certain
and unavoidable unless Allah, His Almighty forgives that
particular sinner. Consequently, since the sins I have
committed are nonnegotiable, then they have been
undoubtedly written. Threats, for committing sins are also
absolutely true, for Allah, His Almighty, does not state but
the truth, and does not threaten but with the truth, unless
the slave honestly repents, then Allah, His Almighty,
forgives him.
But the acceptance of repentance is still a doubtful matter.
So, how would I know, or anybody else for that matter,
that Allah, His Almighty, has accepted my excuses, has
delivered me from my mistakes, and has forgiven my sins.
I entrust Allah, His Almighty, but distrust myself. Have I
covered all requirements of repentance. Have I really
stopped committing sins, with a real intention not to go
back again? Have I regretted committing each sin, a real
regret with the full understanding of punishment if Allah,
His Almighty, chooses not to accept my repentance? Have
I intended not to fall back into sins as long as I live? Have
I returned the people’s rights? Have I asked their
forgiveness for the rights that I could not return? How
would I know, with all the sins that I have committed,
against Allah, His Almighty, and other mountains of sins
against people, that only Allah, His Almighty, knows of?
I can only say: “My Allah, You are my God, and I
am Your slave. And I am strictly adhering to You, and to
Your promise as possible as I can. I take refuge with You
away from the evils that I have committed. I admit to Your
grace upon me, and admit to my sins, so forgive me, for
non-forgives sins but You.”

. The believers’path to Heaven is a long one,

so they should be prepared for it.

I looked at the believer’s path to Heaven and

discovered that sinners, like I am, have got a long way to
go, a way that is surrounded with dangers, great

. .
. .
victories , and plenty of obstacles. There are some sinful
believers who are cut short before Heaven, remain in Hell
as long as Allah, His Almighty, wishes, do not enter
Heaven afterwards but burned, and then their skins are
replaced with new ones. As for the atheists’way to Hell, it
is very short, starting with the grave. Referring to Noah’s
people, Allah, His Almighty says: : ){. }
( using the that indicates the instantaneous response,
or result. His Almighty also says, referring to Pharo’s
people: : ){. }
( Then the resurrection, the day of the congregation of
the dead, and finally Hell. However, the believers’way to
Heaven is a long one, and they are not allowed into it,
until the people of Hell are thrown into Hell. Therefore,
let’s begin the journey of belief from its initial steps.

. Death is unavoidable.

The period from this moment to death could be a

minute, and it could be years. Moreover, the life span of
Muhammad’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,

The desert, in the past used to be called a victory, or an accomplishment

because it is a real and a great accomplishment to cross it, and out of it alive.
“Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the
Fire.”( : )

“The Fire, they are exposed to it, morning and afternoon and on the Day
when the Hour will be established (it will be said to the angels): ‘Cause
Pharaoh’s people to enter the severest torment!’”( : )
followers is generally from sixty to ninety years, and none
but few exceed the previous span.
Today, I am, the writer of those lines, have
passed sixty lunar years, therefore I have arrived at the end
of my life, and living the extra time given to me by Allah,
His Almighty. From this now to the time of departure, no
one knows how will the final moment be. Prophet
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
said: “A person works as one of Heaven’s people, until
there is only a foot between him and entering Heaven,
then his destiny takes the precedence, so he works as one
of Hell’s people, and falls in it. And, a person works as
one of Hell’s people, until there is only a foot between him
and entering Hell, then his destiny takes the precedence,
so he works as one of Heaven’s people, and falls in it.”
He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, also said:
“A person appears as if he works as one of Heaven’s
people, while he is one of Hell’s people, and a person
appears as if he works as one of Hell’s people, while he is
one of Heaven’s people.”
My God, my Allah, I pray to You praising all
your attributes, and high qualities, names, and
descriptions. I pray to You to help me hold on to my belief
in You until I meet You, to make the last days of my life
the best day, and to make my best deeds the final ones. My
Allah, I ask Your kindness to make my end, and the end of
my brothers a happy end, and fasten our hearts upon faith
in You, and do not allow them to go astray after you have
showed us the right path.

Agreed upon.
 A believer will always be afraid of the changes
that go on within his heart. After all why was it called a
heart but because of its changes? Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, whose faith and
belief was as steady as a motionless mountain, who is
Allah’s best creatures, and worshipers, non-negotiable,
used to say: “O, You are the shifter of hearts, fasten my
heart on your religion.” Abd-Allah Ibn Masa`ood
narrated also that of prophet Muhammad’s, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, most swearing was “No, by the
shifter of hearts.”
Therefore, how would others or I guess the end?
We are living the age that the Prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, urged to: “Conquer with good
deeds, tests as dark as the night. A man is a believer at
night, and in the morning he becomes a non-believer. A
believer in the morning, and becomes a non-believer at
night. A person sells his religion for a meager earthly
gain.” : ){. }
(

In Arabic, the word “heart”means “change.”

Narrated by Ibn-Majeh.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Ahmed, Moslem, and Al-Termethi.
“Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after You have
guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the Bestower.”( : )
 . Does a believer suffer the agony and pains of
death?

Death is a dreadful moment, that everybody

fears, and hates, the believer, and the non-believer. There
is no escape from it, for it is a must for everyone, along
with the pulling off of the soul, and the pains. Everyone
has to taste it, a believer or a non-believer. Allah, His
Almighty, says: ( : : ){ } His
Almighty Also says: ( : ){ }A believer
does not suffer of death pains but a little; however, death
struggle is the non-believer’s first torture.
In his the compilation of true Hadeeth, Al-
Bukhari narrates: A`esha, may Allah, His Almighty, be
pleased with her, used to say: “Some of Allah’s grant upon
me is that Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, has died in my house, during my day, and
between my chest and my throat, and that Allah has joined
my saliva to his at the moment of his death. Abd-Al-
Rahman (her brother) came in with a miswak in his
hand, while Allah’Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, was leaning on me. I saw him looking at it, I
knew that he liked al-sewak, so I said: ‘Should I take it for
you?’So he nodded, meaning yes. I gave it to him but it
was hard for him. So I asked: ‘Should I soften it for you?’

“Everyone shall taste death.”( : \ : )

“Verily, you (O Muhammad ) will die and verily, they (too)
will die.”( : )
A tooth brush.
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
He nodded meaning yes. So I softened it. There was a
rokwah, or a box-O`mar was not certain-that has water, so
he started dipping his hands in the water and wiping his
face with them saying: ‘There is no God but Allah, death
has agonies.’Then he raised his hand saying: ‘With the
high God.’Until he died and his hand leaned down,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.”

. The moment of death is the moment of

realizing the final result.

The moment of death of every slave of Allah’s,

His Almighty, is the revelation of the final result; the
believer is welcomed with the good news of Heaven, and
the non-believer is welcomed with the good news of Hell.
Allah, His Almighty, says: }
.

( - : ){ Yet the non-believer receives slaps,

Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
.
“Verily, those who say: ‘Our Lord is Allah (Alone),’and then they
Istaqamu (followed the Right path, not diverting at all), on them the angels
will descend (at the time of their death) (saying): ‘Fear not, nor grieve! But
receive the glad tidings of Paradise, which you have been promised! We have
been your friends in the life of this world and we (so) in the Hereafter. Therein
you shall have (all) that your inner-selves desire, and therein you shall have
(all) for which you ask for. An entertainment from (Allah), the Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.’”( : - )
and blows at death. Allah, His Almighty, says: }
( : ) {.
The non-believer is also informed of “the good
news”of Hell, and severely blamed, at the moment of
death. Allah, His Almighty, says: }
. .
( - : ) {.

. The final moments of the lives of the believer

and the non-believer.

The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be

upon him, has described those last moments of the
believers’, and the non-believers’life. He, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, said: “When the believer is in
the transient stage of leaving life and approaching the life
after death, white-faced angels whose faces look like the
sun descend upon him from the sky, with a cloth from

“Then how (will it be) when the angels will take their souls at death,
smiting their faces and their backs?”( : )

“Those whose lives the angels take while they are doing wrong to
themselves (by being disbeliever's.) Then they will make (false) submission
(saying): ‘We used not to do any evil.’(The angels will reply): ‘Yes! Truly,
Allah is All-Knower of what you used to do.’So enter the gates of Hell, to
abide therein, and indeed, what an evil abode will be for the arrogant.”( :
- )
Heavens, and Hanoot from Heavens. They sit at an
eyesight distance from him. Then the angel of death
comes, until he is at his head, and says: ‘O, you! The
virtuous soul! Come out to forgiveness from Allah, and
satisfaction.’So, it comes out, flowing like a flowing drop
from the mouth of the water-skin. So, he takes it. Then,
the moment he takes it, they do not leave it in his hand,
not even for an eyewink. They place it within that cloth,
and that Hanoot. It gives out the best smell of misk on
the face of earth. They take it up.
Not a single group of angels but says: ‘What is
this chaste soul?’They respond: ‘He is a man, the son of
a man,’calling him with his best names that he was used
to be called with in life, until they end up at the lowest
sky. They ask for permission, for him, to enter, so he is
permitted, and the closest from each sky escort him to
the next, until he ends up at the seventh sky. Then Allah,
His Almighty, says: ‘Write my slave’s book at A`llieen ,
and take my slave back to earth. I have created them from
it, to it I return them, and from it I resurrect them once
more.’

A perfumed medical substance used for the dead body before burring it.
The dying person’s head.
The white-faced angels.
And perfume it with that Hanoot.
Misk is the finest, and the best substance used as a perfume.
Refer to Note no. .
Of the angels to Allah, His Almighty.
Heavens, and paradise.
 Therefore, his soul is returned and two angels
come to him, and raise him into a sitting position. They
ask him: ‘Who is your God?’He says: ‘My God is Allah.’
They ask him: ‘What is your religion?’He says: ‘My
religion is Islam.’They ask him: ‘Who is that man who
was sent to you?’He says: ‘He is Allah’s messenger.’
They ask him: ‘What is your knowledge?’He says: ‘I have
read Allah’s book so I have believed in it and have trusted
it.’Consequently, a caller from the sky calls: ‘My slave
has told the truth. So, provide him with ground coverings
from Heavens, dress him up from Heavens, and open to
him a door to Heavens.’So, he receives of its fresh air and
gracious smell, and his grave is widened as far as his
eyesight. A nice looking man, nicely dressed, and smells
nice comes to him and says: ‘Be happy, for I carry to you
pleasant news. This is the day you’re promised.’So, he
asks: ‘Who are you, for your face is the kind that delivers
good news?’So he says: ‘I am your good deed? So he
says: ‘My God! Let it be the Hour ! My God! Let it be
the Hour! So I can go back to my family and my
possessions.’
When the non-believer is in the transitory stage
of leaving the earthly life and approaching life after-death,
black-faced angels with them is Al-Masooh descend
upon him from the sky. They sit at an eyesight distance
from him. Then the angel of death comes, until he is at

His soul is returned into his body.

The Judgement Day, and the Hour of resurrection.
The ugliest, dirtiest, smelliest, and most rotten rags.
his head, and says: ‘O, you! The evil soul! Come out to
a wrath from Allah, and a hatred.’So, it scatters within his
body. So, he pulls it out, like pulling Al-Safood off wet
wool. Then, the moment he takes it, they do not leave it
in his hand, not even for an eye wink, but quickly put it in
that Al-Masooh. It gives out the smell of the most rotten
dead body on the face of earth. They take it up. Not a
single group of angels but says: ‘What is this evil soul?’
They respond saying: ‘He is a man, the son of a man,’
calling him with his worst names he was used to be called
with in life. They ask for permission, for him, to enter, but
he is denied, then he recited: : ){ }
(
Then Allah, His Almighty, says: ‘Write his book
at Sejeen . So, his soul is thrown down, and back into his
body, and two angels come to him, and raise him into a
sitting position. They ask him: ‘Who is your God?’He
says: ‘Ha . Ha. I don’t know.’They ask him: ‘What is

The dying person’s head.

A multi-headed throne that is abundant in the desert, known by the
shepherds especially, for it gets tangled in the sheep's wool.
The angels who are delivering him to the sky.
Refer to Note No.
Prophet Mohammed, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
“For them the gates of heaven will not be opened.”( : )
In the lower earth.
This response is indicative of how far a non-believer was lost in life, to the
point that he cannot concentrate or remember. But how could he remember
your religion?’He says: ‘Ha. Ha. I don’t know.’They ask
him: ‘Who is that man who was sent to you?’He says:
‘Ha. Ha. I don’t know.’Then, a caller from the sky calls:
‘My slave has lied. So, provide him with ground coverings
from Hell, and open to him a door to Hell.’So, he receives
of its heat, and roasting wind, and his grave is tightened
until his ribs are crisscrossed. An ugly looking man,
dressed in rags, and smells very rotten, who comes to him
and says: ‘Be satisfied with the bad news I carry to you.
This is the day you are promised.’So, he asks: ‘Who are
you, for your face is the kind that delivers evil news?’So
he says: ‘I am your evil deed?’So he says: ‘My God! Let
it not be the Hour!’”

. Some sinners, of the believers, are tortured in

their graves for small and great sins.

Sinful believers might be punished in their

graves for small, or great sins, some are punished for
Namimah , some for not protecting themselves from their
urine, and some for debts that they have not paid back. In
Emam Ahmed’s, may Allah, His Almighty, bless his soul,

since his life was a total deviation from the Right path the path
that the believers ask for in every prayer.
Narrated by Ahmed, Abu-Dawood, Ibn Khozaima, Al-Hakem, and
authenticated by Al-Albani.
Namimah is a very sinful activity indeed, for it stands for informing a
person of anything bad mentioned about him during his absence, not as an
information, but actually to create hostility among the society.
compilation of true Hadeeth, referring to Jabber Bin A`bd-
Allah Al-Ansari who said: “A man died, so we washed
him, and applied Al-Hanoot to his body, and put him in
the Kafan , then we carried him to Allah’s prophet,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, to pray on him.
We asked: ‘Would you pray on him.’He stepped
forward, then asked: ‘Has he got a debt?’We said: ‘two
Dinars.’So he left.
Then Abu Q`atadah promised to pay the debt, so
we went to him. Abu Q`atadah said: ‘I will pay the two
Dinars.’Then the prophet of Allah, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: ‘Will the lender receive his
right, and the dead be free of his obligation?’He said:
‘Yes.’So, he prayed for him . A day later, he asked:
‘what happened to the two Dinars?’Abu Q`atadah said:
‘He has died only yesterday.’The following day he went
to the prophet and said: ‘I have paid them off.’Allah’s
prophet responded: ‘Now his skin cools off.” His
statement, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
“Now, his skin cools off,”indicates that he was being
tortured in the grave until his debt was paid off.

The white cloth wrapped around a dead body before burying it.
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, prayed on the dead
man.
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
Abu Q`tadah.
Narrated by Ahmed.
 Another, is a person who died as a martyr, near
the Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, but
since he has snatched a headscarf, that was not worth even
four Derhams, he got into torture immediately after his
death. In Sah`eeh` Al-Bukhari , may Allah bless his soul,
according to Abu-Horairah, may Allah be pleased with
him, who said: “We left with Allah’s messenger, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, on the day of Khaieber,
and have not gained neither gold nor silver, but money,
clothes and commodities, so a man of the people of “Al-
Debaib,”who was called “Rafae`ah Bin Zaid,”presented
Allah’s messenger with a boy called “Moda`am.”
Then, Allah’s prophet, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, headed towards Al-Qu`ora valley.
When He was in Al-Qu`ora valley, and “Moda`am”was
lifting Allah’s prophet’s, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, belongings, a stray arrow killed him. The
people said: ‘Delighted he is to be in Heavens.’Allah’s
messenger, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:
‘No! By the One who owns my life. The scarf he took on
the day of Khaibar from the spoils of war that were not
divided yet is burning him!’When the people heard such a
statement, a man brought a shoelace, or two, to the
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him. He,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him said: “A shoe-
lace of fire, or two shoe-laces of fire.”
The following Hadeeth is narrated by Moslem
according to Abu-Horairah, may Allah be pleased with

Al-Bukhari’s compilation of true Hadeeth.

An earlier battle that the Moslems came out of victorious.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
him, who said: “We left with the Prophet, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, to Khaibar. Allah has awarded
us, with victory. We have not gained gold nor silver, but
commodities, food, and clothing. Then we headed towards
the valley, while the messenger of Allah, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, was accompanied by a slave of
his, who was given to him as a gift from a man of
“Jetham,”called “Rafaa`ah Bin Zaid,”of “Bani Al-
Dubaib.”
When we descended the valley, the slave of
Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
started unloading the Prophet’s, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, belongings, but was shot with an
arrow, that caused his death. So, we said: ‘Delighted he is
win martyrdom, O, messenger of Allah.’Allah’s
messenger, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:
‘No. By The One who holds my soul in his hand! The
scarf is burning him, he unlawfully took it from the spoils
of war before the it was divided.’He said: ‘So, the people
were alarmed, and a man came with one or two shoe-laces,
and said: ‘Messenger of Allah, I got on the day of
Khaibar.’So, Allah’s messenger, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: ‘A shoelace of fire, or two
shoelaces of fire.”
Therefore, reconsider, my Muslim brother.
Taking a shoelace from the spoils of war undoubtedly
belongs to the small sins class, for a shoelace is nothing,
will be given away freely, and whoever loses it will not

The Family of.

I got those.
Narrated by Moslem.
ask about it, yet, since it was a theft, it was not forgiven.
This previous Hadeeth is the best indicative example of
the probability of the believer’s punishment in his grave
for small sins.

. A tortureless grave.

A grave, even if there were no torture in it, is a

terrifying home. It is loneliness, dreariness, darkness, and
tightness incarnated. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace
and blessings be upon him, said: “These graves are
enclosed, upon the people inside them with darkness, and
Allah fills them with light through my prayers for
them.”
I pray to you The Almighty to bless, and save
your slave and Prophet Muhammad. I pray to you to save
me, along with my brothers, the believers from grave’s
torture. I pray to you to fill our graves with light, and to
save us from blasphemy after you have already showed us
the right path and lead us to Islam.
Not a single believer but will be welcomed with
a hug and a squeeze. Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said, referring to Sae`d Ibn
Maa`athe: “This is the one to whom the throne has shaken,
and the gates of the skies have opened, and who was
witnessed by seventy thousand angels, he was hugged ,

Narrated by Ahmed and Moslem.

Embraced by the grave itself.
then released.” Therefore, if this is the case with Sae`d
Ibn Maa`athe, the man of a high authority and recognition
of The Ous , and the leading in belief, whose
accomplishments are unaccountable, and to his death
Allah’s throne has shaken, then how about anybody else?
The believer, the non-believer, and the hypocrite
are all treated in the grave according to their deeds.
Moreover, the barzakh life is a full life, with all the
feelings, and the senses that are of life before death; there
is happiness, delight, and anticipation for a better
situation, and there is also sadness, calamity, pain, and
suffering.

. The day of the congregation of the dead of all

human beings, and the standing before Allah,
the longest, heaviest, gloomiest, and most
terrifying day.

What comes after the grave is even greater. It is

the heaviest, the longest, the gloomiest, and the most
terrifying day. It is the Day of Resurrection; the day
people are out of their graves. It is one day, but it equals
fifty thousand years of the days we know in life. It is a day
without a sunset, until after fifty thousand years. It is a day

Narrated by Al-Nessae’I, and authenticated by Al-Albani.

The native people of Al-Madinah are divided into two main famous tribes:
Al-Ous, and Al-Khazraj.
The transitive life-period between the earthly life and the permanent life
that starts immediately after death.
when people stand up for the God of all, in their own
sweat that reaches half of their ears. Some of them are as
deep in their own sweat up to their heels, some up to their
knees, some up to their breasts, some are silenced with it,
and some are totally covered with it. Allah, His Almighty,
has already warned about that day, for His Almighty says:
. }

( - : ) {.
Allah, His Almighty has ordered His Prophet,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, to pray in the
middle of the night, in preparation for that certain day, and
to be alerted by it. In the Holly Qu`oran, Allah, His
Almighty, says: }
( - : ) {. Allah, His
Almighty also says: . }
( - : ) {. His Almighty also says: }
. .

“O mankind! Fear your Lord and be dutiful to Him! Verily, the earthquake
of the Hour (of Judgement) is a terrible thing. The Day you shall see it, every
nursing mother will forget her nursling, and every pregnant one will drop her
load, and you shall see mankind as in a drunken state, yet they will not be
drunken, but severe will be the Torment of Allah.”( : - )
“And during night, prostrate yourself to Him, and glorify Him a long night
through. Verily! These (disbeliever's) love the present life of this world, and
put behind them a heavy Day.”( : - )
“Then how can you avoid the punishment, if you disbelieve, on a Day that
will make the children gray-headed, (the Day of Resurrection)? Whereon the
heaven will be cleft asunder?”( : - )
 ( - : ) {. . Allah, His
Almighty, after narrating the deaths of the prior nations,
He says: }
( : ) {. Allah, His Almighty, also says:
. }
( : ){.
The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, has described some of the features of that day,
its length, its pains and horrors, some of its devastating
scenes that cause the heart to shatter, drive tears to the
eyes, and devote the whole meditation around it, leaving
everything else. The Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings
be upon him, said: “On the Day of Judgement, the sun gets
very close to the people, until it is about a mile over them,
so the people are in their own sweat as deep as their deeds.
Some of them are as deep as their own ankles, some as
deep as their knees, some as deep as their hips, and some
are silenced by their own sweat.”He said: “And the

“A questioner asked concerning a torment about to befall, Upon the

disbeliever's, which none can avert, From Allah, the Lord of the ways of
ascent. The angels and the Ruh (Gabriel) ascend to Him in a Day the measure
whereof is fifty thousand years, So be patient (O Muhammad ),
with a good patience.”( : - )
“Indeed in that (there) is a sure lesson for those who fear the torment of the
Hereafter. That is a Day whereon mankind will be gathered together, and that
is a Day when all (the dwellers of the heavens and the earth) will be present.”
( : )
“Is one who is obedient to Allah, prostrating himself or standing (in prayer)
during the hours of the night, fearing the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy
of his Lord (like one who disbelieves)? Say: ‘Are those who know equal to
those who know not?’It is only men of understanding who will remember.”
( : )
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, pointed
with his hand to his mouth.”
On this tremendously horrible day friends see
each other, but they run away from each other, and each is
busy with his own problems. Allah, His Almighty, says:
( : ){. } His Almighty also says: }
{.
( - : )
On this day the non-believer is in a tremendous
torture of fear and worry, despair of Allah’s mercy, and is
awaiting the definite torture in Hell. His face becomes as
dark as night, due to his great grief and devastating
melancholy. His Almighty says: }
( : ){. His Almighty also says in the Holly
Qu`oran: }
( - : ){. As for the faithful
people, on the land of the Day of Resurrection, they are
classified and the tensity of their sadness, grief, sorrow,

Narrated by Moslem.
“And no friend will ask of a friend.”( : )
“That Day shall a man flee from his brother, And from his mother and his
father, And from his wife and his children. Everyman, that Day, will have
enough to make him careless of others.”( : - )
“Their face will be covered, as it were with pieces from the darkness of
night.”( : )
“The Day when the Trumpet will be blown (the second blowing): that Day,
We shall gather the criminals (sinners) Zurqa; (blue eyed with black faces.) In
whispers will they speak to each other (saying): “You stayed not longer than
ten (days.) We know very well what they will say, when the best among them
in knowledge and wisdom will say: ‘You stayed no longer than a day!’”( :
- )
and worry depends on their own faith, their good deeds,
and the sins that they have committed.

. A Zakat withholder is punished for fifty

thousand years.

Some people of faith, who have sins that Allah,

His Almighty, wishes not to forgive, are tortured on the
land of the Day of Resurrection , for those sins until
justice is established among the people-I take refuge with
Allah, His Almighty from His Anger and fury.
The withholder of Zakat, In the true Hadeeth
that the Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
said: “Any owner of a treasure, who does not give out its
right, then it will become plates of fire, heated in Hell’s
fire, by which his side, his forehead, and his back will be
burned. Until Allah, His Almighty, establishes justice
among His creatures, on a day that equals fifty thousand
years, of what you count.”
The prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, as narrated by Emam Moslem, said: “Any
owner of gold or silver, who does not pay out their rights
then on the Day of Judgement they will become plates of
fire, heated in Hell’s fire, by which his side, his forehead,
and his back will be burned. Whenever these plates get

Fifty thousand years.

Narrated by Emam Ahmed.
cool off, they are back to him, on a day that equals fifty
thousand years, until all judgements are passed onto the
slaves and his way is seen whether to Heaven or to Hell.”
Somebody asked: ‘O Prophet of Allah, how
about cows and sheep?’He, Allah’s peace and blessings
be upon him, said: ‘There isn’t an owner of cows, or sheep
who does not give out its right , but will come on The
Day of Judgement with those on a very flat land, non of
them is missing. Non of them has curved horns, without
horns, nor broken horns . They will attack him with their
horns, and step on him with their hooves, the moment the
last one is done, the first one is back again, on a day that
equals fifty thousand years, until all judgements are passed
onto the slaves, and his way is seen whether to Heaven, or
to Hell.”
Somebody also asked: ‘O Prophet of Allah,
How about horses?’He, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, said: ‘Horses are of three: For a man it is a
torture, for a man it is a shelter, for a man it is a reward.
As for the one to whom it becomes a torture, he is the one
who saddles it in hypocrisy, pride, and to be used against
the people of Islam, therefore it is a torture. As for the one
to whom it is a shelter, he is a man who saddles it in the
sake of Allah, and hasn’t forgotten the rights of its back,

Returned to Hell, and.

The obligation he has to pay in Zakat, indicating his belief in Allah, His
Almighty, and that whatever he gains in his life is a gift from his Creator, a
gift that he has to thank, and be grateful for.
His live stock will be even healthier than they were in life, and attack him
for withholding the set amount of zakat for each, in a revenge.
or its neck , so it is to him a shelter. As for the one to
whom it is a reward, he is a man who saddles it for the
people of Islam, for the sake of Allah in a green pastor, or
a meadow. Whatever it eats from that pastor or meadow,
and as much waste it produces, and urinates, is written for
him as many rewards. As far as it runs whether mounting
one high land or two, Allah will record for him rewards as
many as the numbers of its step, and the quantity of its
waste, as rewards. Whenever its owner passes by a river
and it drinks from it, without forcing it to drink, Allah will
write down to him rewards as many as it drinks.”
Someone also asked: ‘O Prophet of Allah, how
about donkeys?’He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, said: ‘Non revealed to me concerning donkeys,
except the following Ayah; . }
( - : ) {.
The previous Hadeeth is authenticated in The
Holly Book of Allah, His Almighty, when He says: }

.
( - : ){.

The right he has to pay signifying his recognition of Allah’s, His

Almighty’s bountiful gifts upon him, by obeying Allah, His Almighty and
blindly accepting His orders.
“So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant,)
shall see it. And whoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small
ant,) shall see it.”( : - )
“O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the
(Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder
(them) from the Way of Allah. And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-
Kanz the money, the Zakat of which has not been paid,] and spend it not in the
Way of Allah, -announce unto them a painful torment. On the Day when that
 . Believers under the shade of Allah on the day
of Judgement.

Some believers will be under the shadow of

Allah, His Almighty, on the Day of Judgment. Those
people were chosen because they have worshipped Allah,
His Almighty, with a great, and an absolute devotion.
Allah, His Almighty, says: }
. .
. .
. .
( - : ) {. Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Seven are
going to be shaded by Allah’s shade, when there is no
shade but His: A just Emam, a young man grew up

(gold, silver, etc.) will be heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded
their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs: (and it will be said unto them):
‘This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you
used to hoard?’”( : - )
“Verily, the pious, shall drink a cup (of wine) mixed with water from a
spring in Paradise called Kafur. A spring wherefrom the slaves of Allah will
drink, causing it to gush forth abundantly. They (are those who) fulfil (their)
vows, and they fear a Day whose evil will be wide spreading. And they give
food, inspite of their love for it (or for the love of Him,) to the poor, the
orphan, and the captive (saying): ‘We feed you seeking Allah’s Countenance
only. We wish for no reward, nor thanks from you. Verily, we fear from our
Lord a Day, hard and distressful, that will make the faces look horrible. So
Allah saved them from the evil of that Day, and gave them a light of beauty,
and joy.”( : - )
worshipping Allah, His Almighty, a man whose heart
yearns to mosques, two men liked each other for the sake
of Allah, they gathered for Him, and separated for Him, a
man who was called by a beautiful woman, but he said:
‘I fear Allah.’A man, secretly, gave a charity to the point
that his left hand was not aware of the amount that his
right hand gave away, and a man who only mentioned the
name of Allah, and his eyes were instantly flowing of
tears.”

. Al-Serat, the straight path, is the greatest

dilemma for the believers. The persistently
obeying Allah passes, and the sinner falls.

The last stage, before the final one, on this

particular day, The Day of Judgement, is the most
difficult, and of its hardest times; it is crossing over Hell,
from the land the people gathered on, to another bridge,
before Heaven. It is crossing over Hell in its entirety.
Well, how wide is this Hell? To bring its width closer to
our perception, then we would say that it is a crossing over
the sun! Yet, the sun is only a small planet in Hell.
Therefore, have you, Allah’s slave, considered
walking over something that is as wide, and as severely
hot as the sun? Yet, the sun with its entire exploding
surface that reaches two million degrees is only a very

Tempted.
Agreed upon.
small amount of Hell’s fire. So, if we visualize Hell as
Allah, His Almighty, has portrayed to us in the Qu`oran,
and as His Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon
him, has related in many of his Hadeeth, then we would
realize that it is a great deep hole, beyond the human
mind’s conception, unless we refer to the distances
between planets in this whole wide universe. It is as
blazing as the sun, even severer. It is so wide that the sun,
and the moon that we know are only two small stones in a
very wide desert. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “The Sun and the Moon are
rolled into Hell, on the Day of Judgment.”
Therefore, if the believers are in a great distress,
in that great place and tremendous scene, when standing
for The God of all creatures, and the sadness of each is as
heavy as his sins and disobedience. Some of the believers
are tested in their graves, and tortured until the blow in the
Soor. Some are tested with fire, in their own location, on
this heavy, hard, and long day, until Allah, His Almighty,
establishes justice among the slaves.
Yet, there is a greater and a harder situation
waiting for them, which is crossing over the Serat into
Heaven. It is either a safe pass, a long lasting suffering, or
a fall into Hell’s fire to an end that only Allah, His
Almighty, knows its whereabouts, until they receive the
benefit of mediation, and Allah’s mercy at the end. The
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said:
“Then the Serat is erected over Hell, and my followers and
I, are the first to pass. On that Day, nobody speaks but the

Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
The path of righteousness.
messengers, whose prayers then are: ‘Our Allah, save us,
save us.’In Hell, there are hooks that look like Al-
See`dan’s. Have you seen Al-See`dan? They said: ‘Yes. O
prophet of Allah.’He said: ‘They look like Al-See`dan’s,
except only Allah knows how great they are, that will
snatch people according to their deeds. Some of them are
the believers, who are saved by their deeds, and some are
the passers, until they are saved.”
He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
also said: “Then the bridge is erected on top of Hell, and
the mediation is permitted, and they say: ‘Our Allah, save
us, save us.’They asked: ‘O, prophet of Allah! What is
the bridge?’He said: ‘It is very narrow, sharp , and very
slippery, it has hooks, claws, and thorns. In Najd is a small
thorn called Al-See`dan. The believers will pass like
eyewink, lightning, wind, birds, the best horses, and other
mounted animals. So it is either a safely unharmed, a
released wounded, or on his head, down in Hell.
Then, when the believers are saved from Hell,
by The One who owns me, non of you is as consistent in
asking Allah, for tracing the rights, than the believers on
the Day of Judgement for their brothers, who are in Hell.
They say: ‘Our God! They used to fast, pray, and perform
pilgrimage with us!’So, they were told to: ‘Take out
whomever you know!’So, Hell is forbidden from hurting

Narrated by Moslem.
The Muslims sitting around prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, at that moment.
As sharp as a very sharp knife, and even sharper.
them . They take out a huge number of people, who were
burned up to half of their legs and knees. Then they say:
‘Our God! Non of the ones You have ordered us to save is
left.’He says: ‘Go back! Take out whomever you find
with as much as a Dinar’s worth of faith in his heart.’So,
they take out a huge number of people. Then they say:
‘Our God! Non of the ones You have ordered us to save is
left.’He says: ‘Go back! Take out whomever you find
with as much as an atom of faith in his heart.’So, they
take out a huge number of people. Then they say: ‘Our
God! We haven’t left any goodness.’”
Abu-Sae`eed Al-Khodri used to say: “If you do
not believe me, concerning that Hadeeth, then recite, if
you wish: }
( : ){. Then Allah, His Almighty, says: “The
angels have mediated, the prophets have mediated, the
believers have mediated, yet the most merciful hasn’t yet.
So, He seizes a part of Hell, and takes out people who
have never done any good at all, who have turned into
lava, and throws them into a river in the very beginning
of Heavens, which is called, the river of life. So, they
grow as the seed grows in the stream of a flood . Don’t
you see how it looks like a stone or a tree, the part exposed
to the sun is yellowish, or grayish, and the shaded part is

The ones who are going inside Hell looking for the ones they know in
order to take them out.
“Surely! Allah wrongs not even of the weight of an atom, but if there is any
good (done,) He doubles it, and gives from Him a great reward.”( : )
“ ”
.
white?”They said: ‘O Allah’s messenger! It sounds as if
you were a shepherd in the desert!’He said: ‘So they
come out like pearls with signets in their necks,
recognized by the people of Heavens. Those are Allah’s
pardoned who are allowed into Heavens having neither
deeds they have done, nor goodness they have offered.’
Then He says: ‘Enter Heavens, and whatever
you see is yours.’They say: ‘Our God! You have given us
something that You haven’t given to anybody else.’So He
says: ‘I have much better than this to award you with.’
They say: ‘Our God! What could be better than this?’He
says: ‘My blessings, so I will never be angry at you.’”
Nobody remains there, but the ones who are restrained by
the Qu`oran, so who are they?

. Who are the ones restrained by the Qu`oran?

The ones restrained by the holly Qu`oran are

plenty? Those are the ones that Allah has stated that they
will remain in Hell forever. The first are the non-believers,
who do not devote worship to Allah only. Allah, His
Almighty, says: : ){. }
( Allah, His Almighty, also says: : ){. }
( His Almighty says also about them: : ){. }

Narrated by Moslem.
“Verily! Allah forgives not (the sin of) setting up partners in worship with
Him, but He forgives whom He pleases sins other than that.”( : )
“Nor shall they (ever) be asked to leave it.”( : )
 (The Ayat concerning the eternal residency of the
non-believers in Hell are plenty. Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Be ware
that only a Muslim soul will enter Heaven.”
Some of the ones who are restrained by the
Holly Qu`oran, and sentenced to a permanent
imprisonment, are the killers of the human beings with no
right. The ones who have not repented are up against
Allah, His Almighty, Who says: }
( : ){. Allah, His
Almighty, also refers to the usurer, who had died before
repenting, in the following Ayah saying:
}

( : ){.
Those people are judged only by Allah, His
Almighty, The God of all, and they are not released from
Hell but by permission from The Wisest of all rulers. How
long are they going to remain in Hell before His, mercy
delivers them? This knowledge is of Allah’s, His

“Verily you shall abide forever.”( : )

Narrated by Moslem.
“And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell to
abide therein, and the Wrath and the Curse of Allah are upon him, and a great
punishment is prepared for him.”( : )
“Those who eat Riba (usury) will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection)
except like the standing of a person beaten by Satan leading him to insanity.
That is because they say: “Trading is only like Riba (usury,) whereas Allah
has permitted trading and forbidden Riba (usury.) So whosoever receives an
admonition from his Lord and stops eating Riba (usury) shall not be punished
for the past; his case is for Allah (to judge,) but whoever returns (to Riba:
usury,) such are the dwellers of the Fire-they will abide therein.”( : )
Almighty, only. Undoubtedly the everlasting
imprisonment of those sinners is not as the ever-lasting
imprisonment of the non-believers, yet it is tremendously
long, for this is the meaning of an everlasting
imprisonment.

. Have the believers considered falling off the

straight path, Al-Serat.

Therefore, consider, whether reading those

lines, or listening to them, and contemplate on the
importance of this Day , for it’s the destiny of all
Allah’s, His Almighty’s, creatures not to enter Heaven but
by crossing over Hell, on the Al-Sirat. Allah, His
Almighty, says: }
( - : ) {.
Al-Serat, as I have learned, is an extremely long,
long, long bridge, on top of Hell. When it is erected,
Honesty will stand on one side, and Womb will stand on
the other, informing, and announcing that whoever
delivered Honesty as should be, and kept a close
relationship with the family relatives is saved and goes to
Heaven. Yet whoever betrayed Honesty or destroyed his
relationship with his relatives, his feet will not be able to

The Day of Judgment.

“There is not one of you, but will pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord,
a Decree which must be accomplished. Then We shall save those who use to
fear Allah and were dutiful to Him. And We shall leave the polytheists therein
to their knees (in Hell.)”( : - )
carry him, so he falls, and his hope of entering Heaven is
lost. How long is this person, who falls in Hell, is going to
remain in Hell, until His Almighty’s mercy reaches him?
Well, If he remains for one day, then he has stayed there
for a thousand years! If he remains for half a day, then he
has stayed for fifty years! Allah, His Almighty, says:
( : ){. }

. A single moment in Hell causes the punished

to forget all pleasures he enjoyed before.

A single moment or actually a single dip in Hell

is enough to cause you to forget all the pleasures you have
enjoyed on earth. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “The most pampered person
in life, of the people of Hell, is brought on the Day of
Judgement, and is dipped in Hell, then he is asked: “O
Adam’s son! Have you ever enjoyed any prosperity? Have
you ever encountered any pleasure?”So he says: “No. I
swear by You, my Allah.”Then the most miserable person
in life, of the people of Heaven, is brought and dipped in
Heaven, then he is asked: “O Adam’s son! Have you ever
felt any misery? Have you ever encountered any
harshness?”So he says: “No. I swear by You, my Allah, I

“And they ask you to hasten on the torment! And Allah fails not His
Promise. And verily, a day with your Lord is as a thousand years of what you
reckon.”( : )
have never suffered any misery, neither have I seen any
harshness, ever.”

. And they are up against what they have not

anticipated from Allah.

Inform those who are confident -who consider

their sins as flies that come over a person’s nose, which he
could easily fling away if he only waves his hand-of
Mohammed’s Hadeeth, Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him, when he said: “I stood at the gate of Hell, where
the most who entered were women.” Also his, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, Hadeeth, saying: “O,
Women! Give charities, for I have seen you to be the most
of Hell’s people.”So, they responded: “Why is that. O,
Prophet of Allah?”He said: “You curse a lot, and do not
appreciate your husbands. And I have never seen of so
short in reasoning and in religion who will drive a
determined man out of his senses than anyone of you.”
They said: “Why is our reasoning and religion so short?”
He said: “Isn’t the testimony of a woman equals half of
the testimony of a man?”They said: “Yes.”So, he said:
“This is the reason for her to be short in reasoning.
Doesn’t she abstain from praying and fasting, when she

Narrated by Moslem.
Those who were mislead by their own self-appraisal, who think that they
have already received Allah’s, His Almighty’s aquital from Hell, due to their
apparently, virtuous deeds.
Narrated by Moslem.
goes through the monthly period?”They said: “Yes.”So,
he said: “This accounts for her being short in her
religion.”
So, think about habitual cursing, isn’t it
considered to be a trivial sin? Isn’t denying the husband’s
bountiful providing is to say: “I haven’t seen anything
good from you?”Isn’t the woman’s capability of
misleading a strict man, and changing his decisions, in
order to commit a sin, or not to perform a duty, is also a
sin? Then, since women enter Hell for such disobedience,
and whoever commits such sins is far off Allah’s, His
Almighty’s, mercy until after entering Hell, so could a
person be secured of being punished for a sin? Since the
woman, who is originally, in the very beginning of
creation, is of a lower degree than the man, regarding
wisdom and reason, is tortured in Hell for such sins. Then,
how about the habitual sinner, committing sins, and never
repenting, or those who think of their sins as small sins
and do not worry about them at all. How about those who
think they are safe just because, they feel it within their
hearts, without actually exercising it with their senses, and
deeply believing in it within their hearts?

. The Final Stage (The Final Classification.)

She has to avoid the physical performance of prayers, since a

person has to be physically clean, in order to stand before Allah, His
Almighty. (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)
 After this hard and tiresome stage, which is
crossing over Hell on the bridge, Al-Serat, and the safety
of whoever is safe of the disobedient believers, then there
is the compensation among the believers, and the final
settlement of accounts among them. Emam Al-Bukhari,
Allah bless his soul, narrated, according to Qatadah,
according to Abi Al-Mutawakel Al-Naji, that Abu Saa`eed
Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, said that
Allah’s Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
said: “The believers are saved from Hell, then they are
held back on a short bridge between Heaven and Hell.
Then some rights are given to some of them, from those
who have taken them away in life, until they are purged of
all guilt and purified of all blemishes, then they are
allowed to enter Heaven. I swear by The One Who owns
Mohammed’s life, that each one will be able to recognize
his home in Heaven, more than he does in life.”
This restriction on this particular bridge,
between Hell and Heaven could last for a long time for
some sinners, for there are plenty of rights that some
believers have taken away from their brothers in Islam,
honesty they have betrayed, money they have stolen, along
with so many injustice and tyranny.

. Finally, Heaven opens its gates: The poor

enter, and the rich are delayed.

Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
 Finally, after all those long stages, and great
obstacles, the believers wait at the still-closed gates of
Heaven. These gates do not open until the person whose
rank was raised higher in life and after-death by Allah, His
Almighty, and who is the Emam of all arrives. How can
the believers enter Heaven unless their Emam, and prophet
enters first. Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, the closest human being to Allah,
His Almighty, is the first to knock on Heaven’s gate, while
everybody is looking, and the believers are waiting. Then
a voice from the inside, Redwan’s voice, its keeper
responds: “I was ordered to open to you, nobody else
before you.” Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “I am the first holder of the
right of pre-emption in Heaven.” He also said: “I am the
first to hold on to the Heaven’s gate knockers, and knock
them.”
All of the eight gates of Heaven will open up;
the width of each is as the distance between Mecca and
Hajer . Each gate is specified for a certain type of
worship: Prayers gate, Zakaht’s gate, Al-Rayan gate which
is the fasting gate, Jehad’s gate, and Parents’gate. Then
the people of faith are classified according to their degrees
in worshipping, and the Angels, who are lined up at each
gate, call all people belonging to that gate to enter from it.
There are believers who will be gratified, and will be

Narrated by Moslem.
Narrated by Moslem.
Narrated by Ahmed and Al-Termethi, and authenticated by our shaikh Al-
Albani.
Al-Bahrain.
called from all of those gates because they performed all
of those worships: They were the speediest to comply with
Allah’s orders, His Almighty, to do every good deed, and
to be devoted sons to their parents. Prophet Muhammad,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The father
is the middle gate of Heaven.” The earliest for prayers,
the most honest in fasting, and the most generous in Zakat.
The poor people are the first to enter, as a make-
up for a period of need in life, while the rich are
restrained, and held back (they are held back for half a
day, which is fifty years.) Prophet Muhammad, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I stood at the gate
of Heaven, where most of the people entering are the poor,
and the people of authority are held back, except the
people of Hell, for they are ordered to Hell. I also stood at
the gate of Hell, where most of the people entering are
women.” He, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
also said: “Good news for you, the poor people of the
Mohajereen, you precede the rich into Heaven in period of
half a day.” Moreover, when the people of Heaven enter,
each one will go to his home without a guide or anyone
leading him to it, or pointing at it. In another Hadeeth,
Muhammad, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him,
said: “I swear by The One who owns my life that a person
will recognize his home in Heaven more than he does in
life.” In the Holly Qu`oran, Allah, His Almighty, says:

Narrated by Ahmed, Al-Termethi, Ibn Majeh, and Al-Hakim.

Narrated by Ahmed and Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
- : ){. }
(

. The past security was a temptation.

I have looked at my situation in this period and

found out that I have lived a conceited period of my life. I
discovered that the security I have felt was only a
temptation.
I have discovered the truth when I put few items
together, that helped to uncover a fact hidden from my
eyes, though in fact, it wasn’t hidden. The Qu`oran has
talked about it a lot, and the Prophet has preached about it
from on top of his pedestal for a long time, and when the
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, saw
Hell with his own naked eyes, he, Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “If you knew what I know,
you would laugh a little and weep a lot.” Whenever he,
Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, preached about
Heavens and Hell, his face turned very red, his fury was
higher, and his voice was louder, as if he were warning of
an approaching army, saying: “In the mornings, and in the
evenings.” Moreover, whenever the Prophet, Allah’s

“But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds
be lost, He will guide them and set right their state. And admit them to
Paradise which He has made known to them (they will know their places in
Paradise more than they used to know their houses in the world.)”( : - )
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Moslem.
peace and blessings be upon him, happened to hear a
companion saying any of the comforting, trusting, and
assuring words concerning Heavens, to whom who is
known for his goodness, he says: “By Allah I do not
know-being Allah’s prophet-what will happen to me.”
In Al-Bukhari, it says that Umm Al-A`lae’was a
woman from AlAnsar who pledged the Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, an allegiance and
declared her acceptance of Islam, told him that ‘O`thman
Bin Matho`oon’was their choice when the Al-Ansar
distributed Muhajereen among them. Umm Al-A`lae’
said: “O`othman fell ill when he was with us, so I nursed
him until he died, and we wrapped him in his clothes. The
Prophet, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, came
in, so I said: ‘Allah bless you Aba Al-Sae’b’I testify for
you. Allah has gratified you.’So, the Prophet, Allah’s
peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘How would you
know that Allah has gratified him?’He said: ‘I said: ‘I
don’t know. I ransom you with my father’s and mother’s
lives, then whom?’He said: ‘As for him, By Allah, he has
received the undeniable truth . By Allah, I wish him good
but, by Allah, I do not know, while I am Allah’s
messenger, what would happen to me!’She said: ‘Then,
by Allah, I will never testify for anyone after him.’She

Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
People of Al-Madeenah.
Muslim immigrants from Mecca.
death
said: ‘So I was sad because of that . I slept and saw a
flowing fountain for O`othman. I went to Allah’s
messenger, Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and
told him. He said: ‘That is his deeds.’” Therefore, could
a believer entrust his deeds? Could he enjoy a comfortable
sleep not knowing his place, whether it is in Heavens, or
in Hell?

. A call, a plea, and an advice to my Muslim

brothers.

Dear Muslim brothers:

Prophet Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and
blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever owes any of his
brothers a claim upon him, be it money or anything else,
let him give it back today, before that certain day when he
cannot give back a Dinar or a Derham. Consequently, if
he has good deeds then some of them, an amount that
equals the claim upon him, will be taken from him on that
Day, and if he hasn’t got any, then some of the sins of the
person, to whom he owes the claim, will be dumped over
him.”
I have scanned backward over my life’s records
and found many rights and debts I owe to my Muslim
brothers, that I cannot pay back. It is a long list of people’s

The fact that she testified, along with the unknown fate of O`thman Bin
Matho`oon.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
rights that I repent of, and would like to make up for right
now, in this life, before the life after death. I call upon
everyone who has a right over me to forgive me now, in
this life, and may Allah, His Almighty reward him the best
for it, or claims his rights now, as soon as possible in this
life, and may Allah rewards him the best for it, and by
doing so he is a true brother and a true friend. I appeal to
every sympathetic friend and brother, and ask him in the
name of Allah, not to postpone his claim until the Day of
Judgement.
My God, I pray to You praising all Your names,
attributes, and high qualities and descriptions. I pray for
Your overwhelming mercy. I pray to You that You are
Allah, God of all creatures, most benevolent, most
forgiving, The owner of the high authority and order to
overlook my guilt, to forgive my sins, to reward every
believer who did good with goodness from You, and to
forgive everyone who hurt me or took away from me any
of my rights, whatever it could be.
My God, I appeal to You to accept my deeds,
You are The One Who hears all and knows all. }

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“My Lord! Grant me the power and ability that I may be grateful for Your
Favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and that I
may do righteous good deeds, such as please You, and make my off-spring
good. Truly, I have turned to You in repentance, and truly, I am one of the
Muslims.”( : )